▶ Your Answer : In the given set of information, both the reading and the lecture deal with usage of plastic bags. The lecturer casts doubt on the reading passage's claim on environmental movements to ban local stores to sell plastic bags, by providing three counterarguments.
First, the reading passage claims that paper bags which have harmful drawback such as environmental problems, will be used as an alternative of using plastic bags. However, the lecturer argues that this claim is disputable. This is because paper bags are easily torn and soaked by rain, which makes it difficult to use permanently. Instead, bags made of cloths which are helpful to the environment, will be used.
Next, according to the reading passage, plastic bags will be recognized as they can be easily recycled in to a new bag or other plastic goods. However, the lecturer contends that this claim is arguable. To be specific, plastic bags are difficult to be recycled as they easily stop the opperation of machines. Thus, recycing plastic bags would decrease as companies will no longer accept recycling them.
Lastly, the lecturer disagrees on the point made in the reading passage that other areas will continuely use plastic bags despite the bans in local stores. She argues that instead of using plastic bags, people will seek for cloth bags as they are more convinient and easily portable. |