Nowadays people 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?

Contemporary society has produced an enormous

amount

of

waste

and

governments

all over the world are trying to tackle

this

problem

before it brings irreversible damage to our environment. With the inevitable rise in population and industrialisation,

this

situation may be

further

aggravated. In

this

context, it is crucial to understand what the causes of

this

problem

are and

solutions

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which should be implemented to deal with

this

matter.

Firstly

, one of the main reasons for

this

problem

is the use of disposable packaging. Convenience is very important in modern life, so we buy packaged or canned food which can be transported from long distances and stored until we need it. Unfortunately,

this

kind of

waste

is not usually recycled and

end

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up

accumulated

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in dumps. From my point of view,

governments

should impose a higher tax on products which demand too much packaging, to discourage

its

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consumption.

Secondly

, in my view, the

amount

of

waste

produced is

also

a result of consumerism. We are often motivated to buy goods we do not need because there is too much advertisement on TV and on-street billboards. When we realize we do not know what to do with the products we buy impulsively, we end up throwing them away.

Governments

should control the

amount

of

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advertisements

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being displayed to TV viewers and ban billboards and other kinds of outdoor ads. Another cause of that

problem

is that we have a tendency to use something once and

then

throw it away. We forget that even the cheapest plastic bag has used up valuable resources and energy to produce.

Governments

need to raise awareness in the general public

to

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the importance of reusing products as much as possible and make recycling campaigns.

To conclude

, 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 poisoned by

waste

.