save the earth

It is estimated that between one to five trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Five trillion is almost 10 million plastic bags a minute. If tied together, they would go around the world seven times every hour and cover an area twice the size of France (UN).Furthermore, studies suggest that plastic bags and Styrofoam containers can take up to thousands of years to decompose, contaminating soil and water, and posing significant ingestion, choking and entanglement hazards to wildlife on land and in the ocean (UN).Following the Saudi Vision of 2030 which calls for the diversification of the economy, we call for less dependence on the production of plastics because according to the UN, “the future costs of removing all single-use plastics accumulating in the environment is estimated as higher than the costs of preventing littering today.”We, as cocerned citizens of this great nation, consider this issue a priority and look forward to gradually reduce singe-use plastics along the proper disposal, recycling, and reusing of existing plastic waste in order to save our environment. It would be amazing if you can sign this petition and share it with others around the country so we can let everyone know that our Earth is a priority!

Officials say the Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. Earlier this month, Brazil declared a state of emergency over the rising number of fires in the region. So far this year, almost 73,000 fires have been detected by Brazil's space research center INPE. That marks an 83% increase from 2018 and the highest number on record since 2013, Reuters reported. With this petition we hope to have our voices heard. We demand that our leaders acknowledge that we want change, we want action, we want the Amazon, our planets lungs, protected. The Amazon is crucial to the stability of the world’s climate. Brazil’s president recently opened the rainforest to ranching, farming and mining. Indigenous populations and our global environment are potentially at risk.   

The President claims that by removing these restrictions on businesses, the economy will go up. While this may be true, it this remains the way it is, we will not have a future to go to. I am encouraging all signers of this petition to contact their representatives, whether it be on a municipal, county, state, or national level. Voice your displeasure and anger in these decisions and encourage your representatives to do something about it. And to President Trump-Please open your eyes. Global warming is a serious issue that will affect every single American if it is not resolved. Please listen to our voices and work on resolving this issue. The ultimate goal of this petition is to get the President to notice us and to sit down with him to discuss these matters. Help us make a difference by Encouraging the President, Donald Trump, to reestablish the Clean Power Plan and to go back into the Paris Climate Agreement. Help us...before its too late for you, me, and the world.

Did you know that 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, and only 28% of that is actually recycled? If you're like me, you want to see a change in the way plastic waste is handled in your community. I work as hospitality in a restaurant and I've noticed that 100% of the plastic used in our building is wasted and thrown away instead of being recycled, and it's not just our restaurant, it's all of them in our town. I want to make a change, and I am looking for people who also want to see a change in the way our state handles plastic. To start out, I want to take a footstep in the same direction the state of California has gone. The banning of plastic straws may seem like it would have a small impact, but think about every time you use a plastic straw; going to your favorite restaurant or even getting take-out, you will get a plastic straw almost every time. There are 6.126 million people in Missouri as of 2018, if we assume that only 8% of those people go out to eat a day, that's 490,080 people, now lets assume 50% get a drink, that's 245,040 that probably got a straw, and if only 27% of those people recycle those straws, that's 178,880 straws that are wasted a day! If we instead replaced the plastic straws with a more biodegradable material, such as cardboard or paper, we can help save the planet by not wasting plastic, it only takes 3 months for cardboard to decompose, it takes 1000 years for plastic to. It may not have the biggest impact, but it's one small step closer to a BIG goal. Join me in this petition to save our planet and GO GREEN!!!