Individuals can do nothing to improve the environment; only governments and large companies can make a difference. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

As environmental issues increase, more and more debates addressing the cause and effect of it have taken place these days. Especially, in terms of capabilities to solve environmental problems, some believe that the

government

and major firms of a nation can be the only subject to improve the

environment

, while individuals are incapable. I agree with

this

idea to some extent, which will be discussed in the essay below. It is admittable that the efforts of individuals can be one of the main sources to make a difference. To illustrate

this

, as to environmental problems, it is necessary for individuals to put efforts into reducing the number of

plastic

waste. Even even if only a few groups of people intend to use reusable cups

instead

of

plastic

cups every day, overall

plastic

use will definitely decrease, so every individual

also

dedicates themselves to a better

environment

.

On the contrary

,

this

aforementioned effort is too minute to change the

environment

and to deal with a massive problem we are facing, in comparison with the governmental or institutional influences on society and nature.

For example

, compared to one's yearly waste of

plastic

, the production of one institution's

plastic

bag in a day is almost 100 times bigger, so we should look for more methods that can be applied by the industry and the

government

of a country. It is faster for a company or the

government

to make an instant difference and development for the

environment

. In a nutshell, even though every individual can try to help the environmental issues, every

government

or company can offer more instant and effective improvement, so I agree with the given statement.