Request for Issue Essay Critique

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Hi, hoping if somebody could review my response to an issue task. Thank you! 

PROMPT

The best way to solve environmental problems caused by consumer-generated waste is for towns and cities to impose strict limits on the amount of trash they will accept from each household.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

 

RESPONSE
The statement takes a rather extremist stance on solving the environmental problems by imposing a strict limit on the amount of trash per household. While the intentions come across as noble, its practice will most likely do more harm than good.

The damage sustained by the environment cannot be solely attributed to the household wastes. There are a myriad number of other factors from the industrial age we live in. Chemicals ejected from manufacturing industries are dumped irresponsibly into both air and water. Greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles are a major contributor to Global Warming. From a recent scandal, Volkswagen, a major car manufacturing brand, was caught lying in their engine efficiency tests. This elicits a stringent policy check on the enterprises.

The right “strict limit” on the amount of trash a household can generate, is subject to debate. A household which has six members as compared to a household which has three members is bound to generate more waste. And for that matter, the waste generated cannot be objectively measured because it comes can come in a variety of forms, right from tangible food waste to bad quality air. Enforcing a law with no objective measure is bound to face flak from the populace.

Even if this statement is put into practice, it will add a copious amount of burden on the administration. Keeping each an every household in check will be a tedious task in itself. This might as well turn out to be counter-productive because most of the time the law enforcement authorities will just be struggling to maintain records.

Conclusively, mitigating the environmental crisis requires a more holistic approach than a one-fits-all solution described in the statement. Such parochial approach to mitigating the environmental crisis is deemed to fail.