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You have discovered a lot of rubbish in a lake near where you live. In the past, the lake had always been clean. Write a letter to the local council. In the letter describe the type of rubbish that you saw in the lake explain where you think the waste has come from suggest what the council should do about the problem

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Dear Sir, I am writing to bring your attention to the water pollution happening in our locality. Recently I went outside with my family on weekend to sit around the lake and do fishing, I found a lot of garbage in the lake
such
 as soda cans, chips wrappers, waste food etcetera. Owing to that was
looking
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looked
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 shabby and the water was covered with algae around the shore. I believe that the major source of trash is from the visitors as they are not following the community guidelines and they just leave everything on the beach after they are done camping.
Moreover
, locals around the beach are
disposing
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ofdisposing
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 their garbage in the public dustbin which
in
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apply
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result
overflows
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overflowing
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 the bin and they smell awful too. In order to tackle
this
 issue, I would like to suggest having cameras around the trash bins so that people will think twice before dumping.
In addition
to
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apply
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, stringent laws and regulations
will
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that will
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 help to solve
this
 problem, hefty fines should be given to people if they get caught in the act. I hope that you will look at the matter seriously. Yours truly, Mohit
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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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