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Many people believe that we have developed into a “throw-away society”
which is filling with plastic bags and rubbish. What do you think?
Wind blows up bags higher and higher in the sky. It is a scary thought that
some day the earth will turn into a huge garbage land. Wastes, if not treated
properly, will make our life a living nightmare.
The environmental issue is getting worse almost every day in cities with
very large population. As is often the case, city development outpaces
environmental protection. People consume great amount of natural resouces and
produce wastes. To effectively address such problems, cities need to spend big
money. In addition, they need to call to the attention of people to become more
environmentally responsible.
Many people are becoming less responsible and easily influenced by bad
behaviors. “Why should I care while others don‘t care?” Such idea makes some
people only concern with places where they live and work. Furthermore, people
sometimes even purposely litter for revenge to other people.
Although media promotes environmental awareness, good people are often
snubbed as posers who try to set up a superior image in real life. Consequently,
they are intimated of receiving negative comments for doing the right thing.
Wrong as it is, such phenomenon is widespread especially among youngsters and
people with low income and little education.
However, our society is waging a campaign against environmental pollution.
People learn the harms of undegradable lunch boxes and other polluting wastes.
Laws in many countries prohibit or limit excessive use of polluting bags.
Companies are continuely replacing the old materials with more environmental
friendly and recyclable kinds. Scientists have developed more effective
technologies in waste treatment. As time goes by, more and more people put high
priority on the protection of environment for a healthier life.
To sum up, people produce huge amount of garbage and the environment is
seriously polluted because of lack of financial resources, sense of
responsibility, or efforts. But the world will not turn into a “throw away”
society if people put in sufficient efforts to protect our environment.
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