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.

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There is no doubt that recycling is very important to reduce
waste
and relieve the burden
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. There are many
people
who think that there is a problem
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the lack of recycling
from
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residential
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sector and they
suggested
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to encourage
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the recycling habit by taking legal
action
. I completely agree that raising the awareness of recycling at home is necessary but there are more ways to do so than making laws to restrict
people
following.
To begin
with, I would like to discuss
drawbacks
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for
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administrating legal
action
to increase recycling.
First,
it is a complicated and lengthy process to make it a legal requirement.
For instance
, it involved drafting the framework and practical procedures in the law,
taking
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it to court or parliament for government members to agree.
Moreover
, if the law is established
in
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requesting
people
to recycle at home, it may require massive manpower and resources to implement the legal
action
, which may create a lot of unnecessary
waste
. It seems to me that the lengthy and complicated process of making household recycling legal is against the original intention of reducing
waste
.
On the other hand
, if it is a legal requirement for
people
to recycle at home, it may create
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stress and resentment from the public
that
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has a negative impact
of
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the intention of encouraging recycling. To illustrate, taking legal
action
usually
involved
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implementing fines that the general public
are
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being forced to recycle, rather than genuinely reducing
waste
due to
their care
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environment
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.
As a result
, restricting recycling by law has a negative impact
of
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people
’s intention of reducing
waste
and recycling. In conclusion, household recycling is very important and it may be lacking at the moment, I believe there are better ways to encourage it rather than taking legal
action
to force
people
to recycle.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Waste management
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Mandatory
  • Voluntary
  • Legislative measures
  • Environmental impact
  • Public awareness
  • Regulation
  • Sanctions
  • Compliance
  • Recycling facilities
  • Consumer behavior
  • Waste reduction
  • Resource conservation
  • Circular economy
  • Eco-friendly
  • Biodegradable
  • Landfill
  • Global initiative
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