Disposable Water Bottles Persuasive Essay

“Kids these days!” Everyone has heard someone say that before, and, if you aren’t one of the “kids these days”, you have probably found yourself saying the same thing at some point. There’s always some sort of trend that kids are getting into- some more annoying than others. Bottle flipping, which is a more recent trend, many parents would agree is definitely one of the more annoying trends. However, many people didn’t know that water bottle flipping can actually be bad for the environment, disruptive, and for most kids, not even that much fun. First of all, bottle flipping is actually harmful for the environment. Anyone that bottle flips knows that bottle flipping really works best with disposable bottles. However, 1 in 5 disposable water bottles end up getting thrown away as opposed to being recycled, and water bottles that are thrown away can take anywhere from 400-1,000 years to decompose. Water bottle flipping also wastes water, because if a teen doesn’t want to drink the water in order to flip the water bottle, they sometimes simply pour it down the drain- and it already takes 3x more water to produce a plastic water bottle than it would to fill one up. Although bottle flipping itself doesn’t cause waste, it encourages youth to use disposable water bottles (which are wasteful) and even sometimes encourages them to pour water …show more content…
Those words are merely opinions, but bottle flipping is definitely not original. An 18-year-old named Michael is the one who started it all at a talent show in North Carolina. After the video was uploaded to youtube, it was copied by many and became popular. “Everyone is doing it,” a 14-year-old explains after being asked why he flips water bottles, and we all know that’s why most teens participate in this trend in the first place. It tends to be more about fitting in than it is about having

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