People don’t take recycling seriously
Let’s be honest, people are lazy. Recycling is so easy to do, but people don’t recycle like they should.
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The Argument
Although recycling is a good idea, people won’t follow the idea to a “T”. People are lazy and hope that others in society will carry out world changing positive actions, without themselves having to.
Even if people will bother to sort their trash at all, they won’t do it properly. In Minnesota, 15% of the material recycled actually can’t be recycled at all and is labeled waste.[1] Functionally, people will just throw anything into the recycling bin to “better” the environment.
Counter arguments
With enough teaching, people will realize what can and can’t be recycled. The problem now is how many people recycle. Only 34% of people in America recycle, and in Italy 36%.[2] Progress is increasing but slowly. So, before regulations can be enforced, the numbers need to increase.
Proponents
Premises
[P1] People won’t recycle properly and will be lazy and ineffective.
[P2] There is no point in putting resources into encouraging recycling.
Rejecting the premises
[Rejecting P1] People do faithfully recycle, and it does prove to be effective.