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Columbia Southern University

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The Topic

For decades, people have expressed concern about the environment and how human

activity may impact it in a negative way. Conservation efforts have included global concerns

about production waste, water pollution, and endangered species. Because the scope of human

activity has an array of negative effects, many people feel somewhat powerless to affect any kind

of real change. As a result, ecologists and activists have attempted to educate the public about

ways that every individual might make small changes that will begin to alleviate long-term

effects. One of these methods is household recycling. Recently, however, some people have

begun to question the efficiency of recycling as a means for alleviating landfill waste.

The Controversy

An ongoing concern is that of plastic water bottles, which arguably make up the greatest

amount of an individual’s daily trash. While many people do not disagree that recycling these

water bottles is a good idea, there is little to incentivize people to recycle. Further, some people

even question whether recycling bottles is better for the environment or not because the sheer

amount of recycling demands the use of energy resources, and production of recycled bottles still

causes production wastes.

Pro side of the controversy. [In this paragraph, Kimberly communicates the beliefs and

arguments of the side that is in favor of recycling. She includes the arguments of experts and

uses APA citations to give credit to each of them. She is also explanatory; she takes the time to

include an interpretation of each expert’s arguments because she wants to explain what the

experts have said as it relates to each source. She wants to be sure that she is including enough

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information that the pro-side’s position is clear, even if the individual arguments of the experts

differ slightly.]

Con side of the controversy. [In this paragraph, Kimberly details the general concerns of

those who question whether or not recycling is actually as good for the environment as we may

think. She surveys a few sources that question the current system of recycling in the United

States—from the methods of collection to refunds for recyclables. She includes arguments from

experts who see the value in recycling, but are concerned about the overall environmental

impacts of the recycling process.]

Tentative Thesis Statement

Despite the fact that recycling plastic water bottles causes negative impacts to the

environment during the process of recycling, the end result is still less than the environmental

costs of first-time production and not recycling at all, so recycling plastic water bottles is a

necessity.