IELTS essay: The rubbish problem

Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish.

Why do you think this is happening?

What can governments do to help reduce the amount of rubbish produced?

In our highly industrialized era there is a growing awareness about the exessive amounts of trash people
producing. We are about to be flooded by different types of garbage if certain measures will not be taken.
This essay will explore some causes of this and propose ways to solve the problem.

To begin with, different food producers decided that their products will be selling better if they will pack
them in small-sized boxes and packets. These colorful and attractive packs go straight to the trashcan,
the number of packs is growing along with the consuming groth.

More consuming produces more waste. Government and businesses encourage consuming because it
leads to high profits and development of state economy. They are not interested in the situation there a
person is going to use something for a long time. Society is being bombarded with commersials, pleading
to buy, for instance, a new mobile phone. Buying new things cause throwing away old but good things.

The problem of garbage is very complicated. As we can see, government is not interested of reducing
consuming. Thus, the responsibility has to be taken by individuals and non-governmental organizations.
Certain laws, regulating the percentage of packaging material per ton of product should be established.
Moreover, interesting programs, involving people to participate can be developed. For example, bonuses
for not asking for a plastic bag in supermarkets or for buying extra large packs of food.

In addition, everyone should become conserned about the future of human beings and our planet. If we
do not wish to be buried in rubbish, we should think twice before buying things we do not need.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish.

Why do you think this is happening?
What can governments do to help reduce the amount of rubbish produced?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.

Write at least 250 words.

model answer:

I think it is true that in almost every country today each household and family produces a large amount of
waste every week. Most of this rubbish comes from the packaging from the things we buy, such as
processed food. But even if we buy fresh food without packaging, we still produce rubbish from the plastic
bags used everywhere to carry shopping home.

The reason why we have so much packaging is that we consume so much more on a daily basis than
families did in the past. Convenience is also very important in modern life, so we buy packaging or
canned food that can be transported from long distances and stored untill we need it, first in the
supermarket, and then at home.

However, I think the amount of waste produce is also a result of our tendency to use something once and
throw it away. We forget that even the cheapest plastic bag has used up valuable resources and energy
to produce. We also forget that it is a source of pollution and difficult to dispose of.

I think, therefore, that governments need to raise this awareness in the general public. Children can be
educated about environmental issues at school, but adults need to take action. Governments can
encourage such action by putting taxes on packaging, such as plastic bags, by providing recycling
services and by thing households and shops that do not attempt to recycle their waste.

With the political will, such measures could really reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. Certainly
nobody wants to see our resources used up and our planet poisoned by waste.
Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish.
Why do you think this is happening?
What can government do to help reduce the amount of
rubbish produced?

A healthy nation will always serve its country smartly and strongly as it is also a famous adage
that “A healthier minds stays in healthier body” .so, it is necessary for every citizen to keep their
surroundings neat and clean so that a healthy environment can be available to everyone. 

However, there are so many factors that are responsible for unhygienic environment that invites
so many serious diseases for example cholera, typhoid and many more. Rapid increase in
population is the biggest factor of increases in wastages. Besides this, unawareness and
carelessness among people toward their environment also plays major role. People feel shy to
clean their environment even though it is moral duty of everyone .to keep their environment neat
and clean. Except this, they like to spend their time in decorating themselves but don’t not want
to waste a single seconds to clear rubbish around their houses and other surroundings.illitracy is
also a reason for this problem.indusries are also responsible for increase in rubbish.

As. there is solution of every problem. So to resolve this trouble, government should take serious
and strict steps to overcome problem of garbage. There should be fine for people who do not
keep clean nearest places of their house and their own residents also. Dustbins should be placed
on roads and in streets to dispose unwanted things. Besides this, people should be introduced
with new techniques to keep their environment clean for example, sorting, biodegrading and
recycling of waste things. A subject related to keep environment neat and clean should be
compulsory in schools and colleges.

In a nutshell, it is not a duty of only one person to maintain a healthy environment. Unity is a
strength, so every individual should be together to solve this serious problem.
These days, people and companies try to make more and more trashes.
Some people perceive that a government should strengthen the law related
with environment. On the other hand, there are those who assume that we
should get rid of the fundamental problems for environment. This essay will
describe why this problem is happening and what governments should do
to decrease wastes. 

There are several reasons why people make wastes increasingly. First of
all, it is easy to put their trash bags near their hometown without any
regulations. Nobody will correct their guilty behaviors, since they will dump
down their trashes in the late evening. Secondly, the bag which should
contain trashes is relatively expensive. So, people do not want to buy these
plastic bags and they will put their garbage silently. For example, I live in
the flat which has two thousands people. Even though, there are several
guards and watchers who catch the person who put trashes without
regulated bags, it is not easy to find them. Hence, the rubbish problem is
getting serious. 

To solve these problems, I believe that the role of a government is very

important. Governments should find the person who break environment
laws and fine huge amount of money. Furthermore, governments should
hire more public service officers to find these illegal acts. In addition, a
government should broadcast several campaigns about saving Earth and
environmental problems on TV and radio programs. That can be the good
way to move people's mind effectively. 

In conclusion, given the above explanations, it is indeed reasonable to say

that the role of governments is very important to reduce trashes. They have
the responsibility to hand over clean environment to out descendants. 
Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish. What do you think this is happening? What can government do to
help reduce the amount of rubbish produced? 
Give reasons for your own answer and include any relevant examples for your own knowledge or experience. 

Nowadays, with the population has being increased steadily throughout the century, in almost the government in
every country is being face- to –face many problems, especially the enormous litter. This essay will look at this
problem and will propose several suggestions how the government can apply to limit the significantly large amount
of rubbish. 

First of all, I think it is true that with the population boom in the global, there are much rubbish that come from the
packaging from the things we buy produced in everyday. It is; however, interesting to note that the reason we
consume so much packaging in daily basic than before the past because of its convenience. For instance, using the
wrapping, we can bring food from the long distance and preserve them for a long time until we need to use.
Moreover, the cheap price of plastic bag is also the main cause that make the increasing considerably amount of
rubbish. By this reason, almost our tendency use once and throw these plastic bag away, even though we forget that it
can reused by recycling program. What more, with the grave amount of garbage may create a
polluted environment disaster or epidemic diseases for humankind in the future. 

From the negative effect of rubbish, there are some solutions for the government to reduce much larger rubbish. Firstly,
the government should increase the awareness of everybody. For example, school need to organize more environmental
activities such as visiting industrial waste recycling, environmental clubs…work that help them obtain more knowledge
about the negative of rubbish. Besides this, the government also provides more recycling services and establishes new
laws to fine household or company that do not recycle their waste. 

In conclusion, the government has an important responsibility to decrease the amount of waste because nobody wants
to see all of resource in our planet poisoned by waste.[/quote] 

All of but not limited to the above bold texts have problem: 
- They are either expression problems or grammatical issues. 
- You have nice idea since you answer the question and support with example, and nice word count 
- You have lexical problem as many words are repeated plenty of times in you essay 
- You understand things but expressed them incorrectly, as it will cause confusions to the examiner, and you will definitely
loose your point. I believe that you try to write it in a natural way, but bear in mind that you must have a good vocabulary
+ grammer mastered first. 
- You need to concentrate more on grammar. 

In conclusion, try to find alternatives to what I have highlighted, as you may not get more than 5 with this essay.