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Central Idea: Recycling is a problem caused by people, but we the people are the
solution.
Introduction
According to the Environmental Protection Agency the average person generates over
four pounds of trash every day and about one and a half tons of solid waste per year. Four
pounds per day is similar to throwing away a speech book away everyday or throwing
away two phones. We do not take in account the amount of money or material that is
wasted. If your refrigerator or cellphone is broken you don’t throw it away. You fix it.
We can do the same with soda cans or water bottles after they have been opened or
broken. I know this because I recycle.
Body
I. The problem is the people who can prevent the waste of materials.
(Internal Summary: Now that we have exposed the problem, let us expose the cause.)
B. Being motivated.
Conclusion
Tonight, I hope I have persuaded you to take in a new policy of recycling. I have
persuaded you to take in this new policy by presenting you guys with the problem, cause,
and solution. You may be the problem. You may be the cause. You may be the solution.
Recycle continuously or die and murder slowly. I will not beg you to recycle, for it will
affect you in the end if you don’t.