Some people claim that not enough of the waste from homes is recycled. They say that the only way to increase recycling is for governments to make it a legal requirement. To what extent do you think laws are needed to make people recycle more of their waste. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

According to many, recycling household items is not enough, and legal

enforcement

from governments is required.

This

essay moderately agrees with

this

statement as it discusses how legal

enforcement

is going to save the

environment

;

thereafter

, it clarifies how legal

enforcement

could hurt

manufacturers

of

non-recyclable

stuff. To initiate with, increasing the recyclable waste is a vital issue for the government to save the

environment

. Final consumers are not segregating their rubbish at homes, which is resulting reduced amount of recyclable-waste collection from home.

In addition

,

this

packaging of different stuff is destroying soil’s fertility and polluting our seabed. Due to the

non-recyclable

packaging, the fertility of our land is destroyed, and the existence of sea creatures is

also

questioned in the media. In Australia,

for instance

, a survey indicates that 500 types of sea fish are in the threat of existence due to these

non-recyclable

items.

Therefore

, legal

enforcement

is necessary to save our

environment

.

In contrast

, the government is seeking legal steps against these

non-recyclable

packaging

manufacturers

. Because these

manufacturers

are not changing their production procedures after many warnings from the regulatory bodies.

As a result

, several countries have started penalising these companies due to the destruction of the

environment

. For example, the United Kingdom has recently penalised equivalent to $500, 000 to these packaging

manufacturers

as they did not change their production procedures, according to the source of the daily mail. To conclude, legal bindings for consumers is required which will ensure the increase of recyclable waste.

On the other hand

, penalising

manufacturers

of

non-recyclable

items will hurt their bottom line, which will encourage the change of procedures.