Pollution Letter - Peter

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

Did you know the earth is full of plastic and it is harming our precious animals?

When people litter they throw their rubbish into the sewers, this rubbish goes through the sea. This rubbish includes plastic bags, bottles, glass and food packaging.

We should ban plastic now! Because it is harming our animals and the seas are becoming full of rubbish, mostly plastic. There are over 60 million pieces of rubbish in the sea. How terrible is that? Because there is so much rubbish and people are not recycling people have had to make landfills so that people can throw their rubbish in it and these plastic rubbish have stayed there for years and years. Apparently, it takes 500 years for a plastic bottle to decompose.

The whole world is tired of plastic and we really want it banned, plastic and rubbish is harmful for our animals and our birds as well, because they think its food and they swallow it and the chemicals and plastic get stuck in their digestive system and they die of hunger.

There are many things that you can do to help reduce the use of plastic. The first thing we can do is instead of using plastic bottles, you can buy one bottle and reuse it. The second thing people can do is make a tote bag and use it for shopping at Pak ‘n’ Save, New World and the supermarket. The last thing people can do is instead of using plastic cups you can use reusable cups.

Hi my name is Peter and I really think plastic and rubbish should be banned because I feel so bad about it.