First of all, the government should strengthen his citizens’ understanding of the environmental issues since they are young. The ministry of education can include those study materials which comprise appropriate steps of protecting the environment and it should be imparted by teachers to students during their primary or secondary education. The concept of using less plastic or recycling plastic can be built up during this period.
The government can also always hold campaigns about proper ways to “use“ plastic. According to news report, Housing and Local Government ministry of Malaysia had launched a series of campaigns with the supports from local hypermarkets to reduce the usage of plastic bags during the shopping. In an effort to stem the increasing problem, the ministry, along with the Malaysian Plastics Forum (MPF), has launched a month-long 3Rs Plastic Bag Campaign to educate the public to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic bags
If education or campaigns are not effective enough, the forceful move is to enforce the laws to make citizen be cautious of what they should and shouldn’t do. Supermarkets should stop giving free plastic bags to their customers. Instead, the Government should ask the supermarkets to charge, say, 5sen or 10sen per plastic bag. For example, Paris, Singapore and Taiwan contemplate to impose a similar tax on plastic bags.
In conclusion, one’s mind plays a very important role in practicing the steps mentioned above. Remember that human beings are the ones who build up this modern civilized world. So, self-awareness is the key to make one thing become reality.
2 comments:
This is a decent effort. You have lots of details here. But you need a clear topic sentence, Tai Wen. And you need to state from the start which government you are referring to!
Totally agree with what you said in the conclusion. People have to take action as soon as possible
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