Dayton's Why is recycling important

Write a persuasive piece of writing telling me why recycling is important. Think about: What a landfill is and how it can damage our environment? What problems could occur if we don’t reduce our waste? How can recycling resolve or fix the waste problem. Remember to: choose your words carefully take care with your spelling, punctuation, and sentences edit – add or delete words or sentences to improve your work. Remember each paragraph should contain three ideas or more. If you are a year five there should be at least five ideas for each paragraph. Persuasive Writing Plan Introduction Topic question: Why is recycling important? Recycling is important because we can make more thin like cardboard and glass cup. Main reason 1 Fact: Example: Fact: Sometimes it takes thousands of years for most of the trash in landfills to decompose and break down. Example: For example when trash is buried in a landfill with no oxygen it produces methane. This toxic gas is poisonous to living things and bad for the environment. Main reason 2 Fact Example Recycling is important because China does not wait to do our rubbish so we have to take care and put the right things in the rubbish in the recycling bin. For example landfill if you put things that make things rot underground it will course and fire. Main reason 3 Fact: Example If you are drinking milk at school you can drink it dry fold it flat and then take it to thailand and then they will make something. For example if if you put things from the fill into the recycling we will not have anymore room to live. Conclusion In the conclusion you re-state the introduction. For example: Finally, recycling is important because……. Finally recycling is important because we all can make old paper to new paper and old Important vocab Word Meaning Landfill A place where a large hole is dug in the earth and rubbish is stored and buried. Methane gas When rubbish is buried in a landfill with no oxygen it produces a toxic gas called Methane which is explosive. Visy recycling A place in Auckland where plastic and paper rubbish are recycled so they can be used again without going into the landfill. Recycle Re using something old such as plastic or paper rubbish. Reduce To make something smaller Global warming The earth's temperature is getting warmer because of the increases in air pollution that trap in heat. This has caused the snow to melt which is raising sea levels. There have also been increases in heat waves and wildfires around the world. Decompose or Biodegradable When something that was once living rots or breaks down into the earth. For example an apple core. RECYCLING VIDEO LINKS Visy recycling video The importance of recycling in New Zealand Great Pacific garbage patch How one town produces no trash Recycling Recycling is important because if we put the wrong thing in the rubbish bin we will not have anything more room to live. On and then we will not have nice grass and nice farms and. Animals and nice water.