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?

Huge amounts of household waste have brought an alarming situation to society recently.

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some

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may think that the most vital

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to booth the recycling rate must be dependent on legislation to force citizens to follow, I strongly believe that

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enforcement is not the best

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to turn

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to build up a recycling habitat. Of the reasons why setting up laws is not a good

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to booth recycling rates, probably the most significant reason is that mandatory

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may not make

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truly obligated to the

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and follow the practices.

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can choose to pay for the penalty rather than recycle, which means the effectiveness of the

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would be restricted if there are not many

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to obligate. Plastic Bag Tax in Hong Kong is the prime example to explain it. Having implemented Plastic Bag Tax by the Hong Kong

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for more than 10 years, the effectiveness of

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policy

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is not significant.

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the recent data collected by the

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, plastic bag usage in our society has increased in these years, and the

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increase the taxes in order to enhance the deterrent effect of the

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year.

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indicated that the

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would not be a good incentive to ask

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to follow the rules of recycling. Another noticeable reason is that

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are likely to have rewards

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of being punished. With not enough facilities and knowledge, citizens find difficulties in recycling used goods regularly. If the

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can organise and establish more recycling stations and have a wide promotion on how to recycle, the public are willing to learn and practice.

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, ‘Green Community Centres’ in different districts of Hong Kong, organised and controlled by Non-

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organisations and sponsored by the

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, set up a reward scheme to encourage the public to bring used goods or items for recycling

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organise workshops and activities to introduce the recycling methods to the participants. Those centres are opened spread out in different districts, which receive more than a thousand tons of used products weekly. With

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in mind, it indicates that education and promotion are essential to raising the public’s incentive on waste recycling. Under

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line of thinking, the

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would put pressure on the public on recycling, but

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the restriction on money penalties and effective reward schemes, I strongly believe that compulsory legislation is not an effective

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to persuade

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to recycle goods.