Some people say that supermarkets and manufactures have a responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging on the products they sell. Others say that it is the responsibility of consumers to avoid buying products which have a lot of packaging. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

In recent years, households produce a large amount of rubbish on a daily basis, most of which

is caused

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are caused

by packaging on the products sold in supermarkets or on shopping websites. Questions have

thus

been raised as to whether supermarkets/manufacturers or consumers should shoulder the responsibility of reducing the

use

of packaging. I personally believe that

this

cannot be achieved by either side alone. On one hand, one of the main reasons consumers

tend

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tends

to buy packaged or canned products is that it is promoted by manufacturers and supermarkets as an effective but low-cost way to wrap

goods

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the goods

and keep them intact, which has been accepted by consumers for so many decades that it seems to have become a norm in people’s daily life. In

this

sense, supermarkets and manufacturers are supposed to lead the charge in cutting down people’s reliance on packaging and

instead

promote more eco-friendly and simple packaging materials as well as provide recycling service to reduce the damages of

undegradable

wrapping materials on

environment

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the environment

.

On the other hand

, consumers themselves should be conscious of the consequences of their daily routines in

this

regard. They are so accustomed to packaging that manufacturers and supermarkets feel justified to manufacture and widely

use

it, hiding the truth that these seemingly cost-effective materials are actually exacerbating the problem of environmental pollution since most of them are non-degradable.

That is

to say, consumers acquiescent attitude to

this

kind of products can aggregate the packaging issue.

Thus

, it is of

equally

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equal

importance for consumers to avoid purchasing packaging products.

Therefore

, the mutual effects of manufacturers and consumers in

this

matter have led me to believe that efforts are needed from both sides to address the growing

use

of packaging. For one thing, the public ought to consider boycotting products that

use

excessive packaging and bringing their own shopping bags

instead

. For another, it is the duty of manufacturers and supermarkets to come up with alternative options to packaging,

such

as home delivery and recycling service.