Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish. Why do you think this is happening? What can governments do to help reduce the amount of rubbish produced? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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of

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created by us as a species has been growing at an exponential rate. There are many factors at play, both on an individual level and on a global scale. Let us look at some of the factors influencing the rise in

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that has contributed to the problem. The

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key reason is that

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is the

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of any production procedure, be it man made, or natural. All living things give off some kind of

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product as a part of biological processes, and the same can be noted when we look at it from a man made perspective. In the effort to make something, there will be

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associated. The recent spike in

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is correlated

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to the increase in overall production we as

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able to achieve. Human beings have increased their

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immensely since the industrial revolution, and

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only continues to grow, given the advancements in technology and the increase in demand.

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factor, human beings in general. The human population has skyrocketed since the 1950s and keeps growing every day. There are now approximately 7 billion people on the planet, and

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, we need more items produced for us, and

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items and throw them out when finished

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. A key example of

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is highly populated countries, like India, where there are over 1 billion people, and

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problem. You can see many beaches and countrysides littered with

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of there being too many people throwing out their

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. When you factor

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with less populated countries

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as Iceland, you notice a stark difference in the

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of

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overall. So, how can we attempt to resolve g

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starters, we can stop wasting so much by reusing a lot of the products we throw out. Many products were designed as single

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products, like

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coffee maker pods and straws. Many people have started using reusable straws that are made of metal and avoid purchasing coffee machines that

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these pods, with some countries taking it even

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and outright banning single-

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plastics.

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shift from single-

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to reusable is key in combating the

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of

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created. Another method to help reduce the

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of

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is to incentivise companies to reduce their

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as well.

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can be done by either fining companies that excessively create rubbish, or offering tax breaks for becoming more efficient and lowering their overall

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.

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has already worked in the past, where the European Union had implemented strict laws on the

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of companies, and heavily fined those that did not comply. The

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was a much lower level of rubbish created on an industrial scale, as companies were forced to adopt cleaner more efficient processes. In sum, the

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problem is one that continues to be an issue, which can only be resolved by adopting a different approach to how we continue to

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products, and how our individual and collective wasting habits affect our planet.