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?

I think it is true that in almost every country today each household and family produces a large amount of

waste

every week. Most of

this

rubbish comes from the packaging from the things we buy,

such

as processed food. But even if we buy fresh food without packaging, we still produce rubbish from the plastic bags used everywhere to carry shopping home. The reason why we have so much packaging is that we consume so much more on a daily basis than families did in the past. Convenience is

also

very important in modern life, so we buy packaging or canned food that can be transported from long distances and stored

untill

up to, before the time

until

we need it,

first

in the supermarket, and

then

at home.

However

, I think the amount of

waste

produce

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produced

is

also

a result of our tendency to use something once and throw it away. We forget that even the cheapest plastic bag has used up valuable resources and energy to produce. We

also

forget that it is a source of pollution and difficult to dispose of. I think,

therefore

, that governments need to raise

this

awareness in the general public. Children can be educated about environmental issues at school, but adults need to take action. Governments can encourage

such

action by putting taxes on packaging,

such

as plastic bags, by providing recycling services and by thing households and shops that do not attempt to recycle their

waste

. With the political will,

such

measures could really reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. Certainly nobody wants to see our resources used

up and our planet

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up our planet and

poisoned by

waste

.