By Ethan
Have you seen trash on the beaches? Well it’s because lots of trash is dumped in the ocean, and then it is pushed by the waves onto the beach. In this essay you will learn about how trash can hurt animals, how trash might fill beaches with trash and what you can do to have less trash get dumped into the ocean.
When you dump garbage into the ocean, the oxygen in the water could be depleted. This results in poor health for marine life due to lack of oxygen. Animals such as seals, dolphins, penguins, sharks, whales, and herrings could all die. Fishes might mistake trash for food and eat it and get sick. Then humans might eat the fish and also get sick. Trash can also get into the ocean when people leave them on the ground, first the plastic bags get blown in the river; next, the river flows into a stream carrying the trash with it; then the river flows into the sea. By now the plastic bag has reached the ocean.
Sometimes trash ends up on beaches and a family comes to play and sees that the beach is filled with trash. They look into the river and it is also filled with trash. Trash is not only harmful for humans it is also dangerous for animals. For example, A family of seagulls builds a home on the beach and the parent goes to find food. It comes back with a coin and feeds it to the chick. Days later, the chick dies because it is choked.
This is my reason why people must stop dumping trash into the ocean. Some people might say that we don’t have room for trash on land. But, there will be more room if people recycle more. You can also learn more in the rest of this essay.
You can recycle things such as newspapers, cans, bottles, cardboard, etc to be reused. You can also turn banana peels, apple cord, etc into compose for your garden. In addition, you can take apple seed and other seeds and grow a tree/plant.
The other way you can produce less trash is to use things that you can use again and again like a cloth bag instead of a plastic bag, use a cloth napkin instead of a paper napkin. You can also use a mug instead of a paper cup.
In conclusion, there are many reasons why people must stop dumping trash in the ocean and what you can do is to recycle and reuse. So next time you see trash on the beach pick it up and throw it away before it goes back into the ocean. When you see trash laying around, pick it up before it can get blown into the river.