Question:
Why are slowly destroying our planet? In an essay of 200-250 words, suggest way to protect our environment. (20 marks)

I. Introduction A. Introductory statement : Environment is something that makes up our surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth. Nowadays, when you hear people talk about “the environment”, they are often referring to the overall condition of our planet or how healthy it is. Unfortunately, our environment has been polluted day by day. B. Thesis statement : There are several ways to protect our environment which are recycling, reducing and reusing (3R), saving water, and car-pooling.

II. Body A. First topic sentence : First, environment can be saved by recycling, reusing, and reducing things. 1. For recycling, we can try to sort out rubbish. a. For example, we can recycle the aluminium cans, glass bottles and newspapers. i. We can practice to use ‘3R’ dustbins which are chocolate for glasses, blue for papers and oranges for tins and plastics. b. We can transfer solid wages such as potatoes peelings, leftover food, and tea bag to a compost heap at the backyard. i. We can also use it as a natural fertilizer for the plants especially watermelon waste. 2. In addition, we can reduce the usage of plastic bags. a. This is because plastic bags are non-biodegradable and high in chemical substances. i. The chemical substances can harm our environment and also our health. b. When we go to the supermarket or shopping mall, we can use the paper bag rather than plastic bag. i. For your information, plastic bags can be reusable and biodegradable. ii. Besides, we can save our cost especially when we go to such places that have been mentioned above on Saturday as we need to pay 20 cents for the plastic bags to put our things that we buy at the shop. 3. Next, we can