My letter to Steve Anderson

This is a letter to Steve Anderson, the CEO of foodstuffs. I sent him this letter to persuade him to stop selling products with microbeads in them.

Dear Mr Anderson,

Hello I am Nadia , a year 7 student at Hornby High School. Recently our class have been doing a study regarding sustainability, I am focusing on water quality in New Zealand. What I am most concerned about is the use of microbeads in New Zealand.  In case you didn’t know, microbeads are tiny plastic balls that toiletry companies use in their toothpastes, facial scrubs, soaps, exfoliating creams/scrubs etc. But these companies disguise microbeads as POLYETHYLENE. Microbeads are very bad for the environment because they get into our waterways around the globe.

Microbeads enter our environment by getting washed down our drains. Microbeads are so small that they cannot be filtered in sewage systems, therefore they flow into our ocean, lakes, rivers and waterways, where they float and absorb toxins. Then sadly marine life mistake them for fish eggs and eat them. This makes them even more dangerous than a discarded plastic bottle. This means that we eat fish that eat microbeads. Scientists fear that chemicals in microbeads and also chemicals which attach themselves to plastic in the natural environment could cause poisoning and genetic disruption in marine life, and potentially in humans if eaten in high quantities.

It has come to my attention that Pak n save and New worlds around the country sell products that have polyethylene in them. Including… Clean and clear, Clearasil, Aveeno, Neutrogena and Olay. There are plenty of other brands that do not use microbeads that you can sell in your stores including… St Ives, Witch, Burt's bees, Swisse and many more. I urge you to help protect the environment and stop selling products from brands that use microbeads. Because these beads are killing our environment, and they could potentially kill us. So please, join me and stop these microbeads. Thank you for your cooperation. I would like to hear back from you regarding your stance on the matter.

Sincerely,

Nadia


I think I exceeded LO3 because I explained how microbeads are ruining our planet. I also stated which companies use microbeads and which don't.