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Hi, everybody. How are you?

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I'm Bianca Marques, and I'm 10 years old.

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I was born in Marília,
a city in interior São Paulo state,

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and I've been here
in São Paulo for two years.

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Today I'm here to talk
about the excess of garbage in the world.

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In the past few months,

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I realized that people
have only been talking about politics.

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It's good to talk about politics,

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but many people blame
politicians for everything.

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I know they do a lot of wrong things,

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but there are moments
when we have to stop and ponder.

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Other problems depend
more on us than on politics,

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such as the problem of garbage.

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Unfortunately, politicians don't invest
in the problem of garbage,

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because it doesn't get them votes -
nobody sees it, nobody cares.

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So we're the ones who have to act.

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Here in São Paulo, I realized
that garbage doesn't choose a place.

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It's in the streets, schools, communities,
and even in upscale neighborhoods.

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I'm very sad when I stop to think
that we cause this in the world.

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But almost no one admits
that they throw garbage on the ground,

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on the streets, in schools,
and even on the beach.

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And they think, "It's only a plastic bag,

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it's only a juice box,
a bubble gum, a bag ... "

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The "only" becomes a lot!

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I just don't understand
why these people keep doing this.

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They're harming our planet,
where we all live.

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One day, my teacher Cláudia
taught us a different class.

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She talked about the excess of garbage.

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Her class was amazing,
and she encouraged me a lot.

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I think it's really cool
when teachers talk about this topic

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because they help people
become more aware,

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and with a good class,
you can become more aware,

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just like I did.

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After her class, I had more knowledge,
and I wanted to learn more.

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I searched on the Internet

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to find out where the trash would end up,
and where people would throw it.

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The garbage ends up
in landfills and dumps,

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and only 3% of it is recycled.

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People throw it in schools,
on the streets, and even on the beach.

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When you throw garbage -

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When you throw garbage on the beach -

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When you throw garbage on the beach,
the tide rises and takes it to the sea.

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So aquatic animals eat it
because they confuse it with their food.

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They may even die.

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Poor things!

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And when you throw garbage on the street,

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when it rains, it causes the floods
that worry us so much

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when we're walking on the streets,
and it's raining.

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Now have you realized
how dangerous garbage can be?

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We have several options,
and they need to be done together:

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donating, recycling, rethinking
public policies, and educating society.

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We can't run away.

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We have to face it.

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I have a dream:

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that our world be sustainable
to create good opportunities for everyone

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and that all people respect each other
without there being any differences.

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I'll end here,

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and I hope you've enjoyed my presentation.

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Thank you very much.

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(Applause)