Espinoza, Adriana. “Tackling Single-Use Plastics in New York.” New York League of Conservation Voters, 16 Jan. 2020, nylcv.org/news/tackling-single-use-plastics-in-new-york/.
This article talks about the policies and support of New York City’s use of plastic for the environment. The author says that the use of disposable plastic continues to grow and thus requires more aggressive behavior. New York State, including New York City, will ban the use of disposable plastic bags on March 1, 2020, to reduce pollution caused by plastic use. However, not all of them are prohibited, but there are some exemptions such as take-out bags in restaurants, dry cleaning covers, etc. The new policy also imposes five cents on paper bags, allowing people to reduce the use of plastic bags and recognize changed policies. However, people need to limit the use of single-use plastics and straws as well as plastic bags, and we need reusable alternatives. So the author says that the New York City Council has some bills to solve this problem. And they insist on the support of New York City residents for the adoption of the bills.
I support New York City’s efforts to properly recognize the problem of plastic use and to continue to make solutions accordingly. This source is very reliable and knows exactly what the problem is with using plastic. To reduce environmental pollution, individual efforts are important, as the author said in the article, I agree very much that if policies suitable for the problem are created and citizens and the city work together to solve it, they can reduce the use of plastic in a huge proportion. The author shows the environmental problems facing New York City through various figures and data and speaks in a very straightforward tone. Perhaps that is why her argument is very clear and also positive results that everyone can solve the problem are expected through her tone. The author is a director of the NYC program at the environmental organization in New York and a member of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate Policy, so above all, she is well aware of New York City’s policies related to the environment, so she provides reliable data.
“On March 1st, 2020, New York will take a critical step toward reducing plastic pollution in the state, banning most types of single-use plastic bags. The law will eliminate billions of plastic bags each year, which will protect waterways, create cleaner streets and parks, and improve recycling systems that are often clogged by the bags” (Espinoza).
“The new law also allows counties and cities to enact a five-cent fee on paper bags, which can further reduce litter and solid waste pollution, and lower demand on the carbon-emitting factories that produce the product” (Espinoza).
“DSNY is holding outreach events across the City to hand out reusable bags and make sure that New Yorkers are aware of the change” (Espinoza).
“There are several bills currently in front of New York City Council that aim to address the matter, including a ban on plastic straws, a by-request-only requirement for delivery and take-out utensils, a reusable container law, and a study on alternatives to single-use plastics more broadly” (Espinoza).
This is excellent! The only thing I would like to see is a few sentences on the genre of the piece. This is a website article from an organization that is focused on what? Who is it written for? In what tone? For what purpose?