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?

One of the curses of the modern world is the abundance of

trash

that has piled up around our planet, littering city streets and polluting our oceans.

This

situation has developed for various reasons, and,

although

it has gotten very bad, there are some steps that can be taken to make it better. The primary reason for our current problem is that plastics, which were only invented in the

last

century, have already become ubiquitous due to being so cheap. Unfortunately,

plastic

products do not break down easily, and

thus

when they are dropped, they will not biodegrade.

Instead

, they will lie in the street or float away into the sea, and

then

exist as rubbish for hundreds of years.

Plastic

bags are now used to package all kinds of food, and even to wrap completely unnecessary items.

This

means that they are used far too often, something

that is

compounded by our present overpopulation problem. As with many problems, the best solution is education. In western countries, children have been taught for many years that it is wrong to drop

litter

in the streets, and so now in the twenty-

first

century

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it is uncommon to see anyone dropped

litter

. Compare

this

to developing countries, and even wealthy countries in Asia, where you see people constantly and unashamedly dropping

litter

, and you can appreciate the importance of education. If children across the globe were taught how bad it is to throw

trash

on the ground, the world would soon grow to be free of

trash

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. Of course, other measures could

also

be considered,

such

as taxing

plastic

bags, increasing the number of public waste bins, and fining people who drop

litter

. In conclusion, the main reason for the current

trash

epidemic is the abundance of disposable

plastic

in our lives. We need to educate people from a young age not to dispose of

this

so wastefully in order to solve the problem