Explanation: Should NZ ban plastic straws?

Should NZ ban plastic straws?

My opinion is that we should ban plastic straws because who would want to eat a fish with plastic. And it is dangerous to the environment and the marine Animals. Plastic takes over 500 years to decompose.


First Plastic can remain in the environment for over 2,000 years because most plastic is not biodegradable. NZ we need to not Litter especially our Plastic straws it's disgusting this action needs to stop. I recently found a video of some people on a boat find this turtle with something in its nose they thought it was a tube worm at first, but as they pulled it out it turned out to be a straw. Would you like it if you had a straw in your nose? About 0.025% of plastic are found in our ocean imagine how much of that is in a marine animals digestive system.


My second reason on why we should ban these plastic straws is because they have harmful toxins while they decompose. By 2050 there will be more plastic straws than sea life in our waterways. First people will buy a drink and sometimes ask for a straw to drink with, and when they finish they will throw their rubbish either on the floor or in the bin as known. Next straws will most likely end up in the ocean and a turtle or any other marine animal can die by the straws. About 65,000 amounts of straws were found in the last 10 years.

My third reason, fish and other marine creatures suffer from the dangers of the plastic do we really want them to suffer. Plastic straws are just one of the most dangerous pieces of plastic in our waterways. Nobody wants to go for a swim in the river and the beaches polluted with plastic. And the plastic straws poke your eyes while you swim.


to make a change just asking for no straw to take with you while you have your beverage that you buy can keep some marine animals alive. and that's why we should not use plastic straws and ban them.