Recycling Persuasive Speech

Persuasive Speech: Recycling
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OUTLINE FOR PERSUASIVE SPEECH ON RECYCLING
I. Introduction
A. Attention Grabber – Without recycling, what would the world be like in 2065?
1. The earth’s atmosphere is filled with smelly, dirty, smog.
2. Landfill space has been used up.
3. The garbage has to be recycled.
B. Thesis: We must reuse or recycle items.
II. Body
* Recycling will save landfill space
1 June 1991 Norwalk Newspaper Archives
* Each American throws away four pounds of garbage daily
* That would fill a fleet of ten-ton garbage trucks
2 We dump 179.6 million tons of garbage in landfills every year
3 We burn or recycle only around 14% of our garbage
4 In the next 20 years, 80% of our landfills will be used up
5 Decomposition of garbage in landfills takes years
* Newspaper buried 12 years and still readable
* Steak buried for 15 years still retains its fat
* Recycling will conserve our natural resources
1 Trees
* Americans purchase 62 million newspapers daily and throw away 44 million
* That is equivalent to 500,000 trees in a landfill each week
* Benefits of recycling
1 Reduces waste
2 Saves the energy required to cut trees
3 Protects forests
* Paper constitutes about 40% of garbage, and it can be recycled instead
2 Soil
* 18% of our landfills is yard waste and leaves
* Composting this garbage would enrich our soil
* Recycling is cost-effective
1 Massachusetts
* Berlin recycles 58% of its garbage and saves $150,000 each year
* The state has reduced its landfill by 90% due to recycling
2 Applicable examples
* For recycled aluminum, recyclers received $93 million from Reynolds’s Metals
* Europe
1 The United States sells garbage to Europe for $5 a pound
2 Europe recycles it and sells it back to the United States for $500 a pound
* Opposing Viewpoint
1 Recycled products are hard to find
2 Recycled paper cost more
3 Recycled products are inferior in quality
III. Conclusion
* Action Steps
1 Use cloth shopping bags that are washable and reusable
2 Paper
* Utilize recycled paper
* Recycle paper once used
* Restate main points
1 Save landfill spaces
2 Preserve natural resources
3 Save money
PERSUASIVE SPEECH ON RECYCLING
I. Introduction
Fast-forward to 2065. The Earth is filled with smog. Landfills no longer exist because there is no room. Garbage must be recycled or buried in the backyard. The smell is unbearable. The air is unclean. Is that what you want the earth to be like? Well, there is one thing we can do, and t...