Individuals can do nothing to improve the environment only governments and large companies can make a difference To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The extent of damage to the

environment

has become an international

issue

and needs to be tackled soon and effectively. Some people consider it as

sole responsibility

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the sole responsibility

of the governments to take steps towards solving

this

pressing

issue

.

However

, I disagree with

this

Perspective. I believe that

although

this

issue

needs to be handled by policy makers at the national and international levels, every inhabitant of earth

also

needs to be his/her bit and take small steps to contribute towards a cleaner

environment

.

To begin

with, the major cause of the deteriorating condition of the

environment

is pollution caused by the

use

of vehicles.

This

can be easily dealt with in a better way at

individual

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the individual level

level

, than at the state

level

. If each person takes it upon himself to

use

public transport more, to walk

to

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for

short distances rather than using a vehicle or to

use

eco-friendly modes of transport, like bicycle,

then

this

issue

can be easily solved. The government should facilitate

this

by providing better public transport, good roads and separate walking and cycling lanes.

However

, ultimately it works only if each citizen contributes. Moving

further

, globalization and advancement in technology has lead to a consumerist society, where the consumption of material goods has increased manifold. An adverse effect of

such

society is the “throw-away culture”, where people have stopped recycling and simply throw away things and buy new ones. If people start recycling things, the land and soil pollution will decrease greatly.

Lastly

, people should be conscious about buying products with less packaging material used. Another step is that every citizen can take is to say no to plastic and

use

more eco-friendly materials. It’s an easy step that needs to be taken at an individual

level

. The government can definitely help by making

law

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laws

a law

against the

use

of plastic bags and other

environment

damaging material. To sum up, I reiterate that even though the problem of environmental damage has escalated to a

level

that needs to be handled globally, by politicians and environmentalists, every person

also

needs to make

contribution

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a contribution

to alleviate

this

situation.