sea otter, an important keystone species. The event was a big success
except for one thing. The students who organised the food and drink for
the event used environmentally unfriendly non-recyclable polystyrene
cups and plates. How ironic!
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Do you do anything to reduce your impact on the environment?
I suppose that like many other people I recycle whenever possible. There
are recycling banks across my home town where you can take things like
glass, tin foil, paper, plastics and other materials. The problem is that
many people are unable or unwilling to do this, so they just put
everything in the bin. Some countries like the United Kingdom actually
have home collections where you can put out your recyclable materials
with your other rubbish and it gets taken away. I think that’s a really
good idea, and I would love to see it in my country.
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If you could do one thing to help your environment, what would you do?
Well, actually, there are a couple of things I would do. The first would be
to start a home collection for recyclable materials similar to the one I’ve
just described. People would have a special box or bin where they could
put their recyclable materials, and these would be collected on their
usual bin day. Another thing I would do would be to introduce a plastic
bag charge in shops and supermarkets. Shops usually just give these free
to their customers, so people take them and then throw them away. These
end up in rivers and the sea, causing terrible harm to wildlife. I think
there are already bag charges like this in places like the United Kingdom,
and I would like to see something similar in my country.
PART 2
Describe something that is having a major and negative impact on the
environment in your home town or country.
You should say:
what the problem is and what is causing it
where it is happening
what effect it is having on people and / or wildlife
and explain what you think could (or should) be done about it.
My country has gone from being a mostly agricultural country to being a
mostly industrial country in less than forty years, and many people have
become wealthier as a result. There is less unemployment, less poverty and
less homelessness, and most people now have a better quality of life. This is
a positive thing in my opinion. However, there has been a price to pay,
because of course more industry means more pollution. Furthermore,
increased wealth has resulted in greater ownership of private vehicles. In
fact, car ownership has risen by about 10 per cent every year since the early
1990s, and last year my country gained an additional 17 million new cars.
As a result, air pollution in the bigger cities can get really bad. In my city in
winter, we get thick smog which can last for days. This has a terrible effect
on people’s health, especially if they have existing chest conditions. In fact,
in my country as a whole, air pollution kills about thirty thousand people
every year. I think that people need to be encouraged, or perhaps compelled,
to use their own vehicles less and use public transport instead. Improving
the public transport infrastructure and subsidising public transport would
certainly help, but I think that’s only part of the solution. People, after all,
like using their own car, having their own space, not having to rely on bus
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