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# TITLE: Should we ban single-use plastic bottles? [e59bef682d8d4b37379551d830c24810]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - Single use plastic bottles should be banned as soon as possible. It is very important that we as a community work together to get rid of these plastic bottles. It is the responsibility of the community to ban these products and stop the damage to our planet. The government must also play their part in educating the people on the dangers of these bottles and how to prevent the use of them. People can use their own bottles, this can be made compulsory in the schools. The students can be encouraged to use reusable bottles for their water. This will also benefit the student as they will not be spending so much money on bottled water. The government needs to do more to raise awareness of this problem and take more serious actions to reduce the damage that we are causing.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - The world should ban single use plastic bottles.  The main reason for this is the amount of harm that these bottles cause to the environment, animals and people. They do not break down, are an ever-present issue and can damage the environment. The government needs to do more to raise awareness of this problem and take more serious actions to reduce the damage that we are causing.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - We believe that single use plastic bottles should be banned as soon as possible. The main reason for this is the amount of harm that they cause to the environment, animals and people. They do not break down and so, are an ever-present issue, and are so damaging to the environment. It is very important that we as a community work together to get rid of these plastic bottles. It is the responsibility of the community to ban these products and stop the damage to our planet. The government must also play their part in educating the people on the dangers of these bottles and how to prevent the use of them. People can use their own bottles, this can be made compulsory in the schools. The students can be encouraged to use reusable bottles for their water. This will also benefit the student as they will not be spending so much money on bottled water. The government needs to do more to raise awareness of this problem and take more serious actions to reduce the damage that we are causing. The industry needs to be accountable for there actions and provide consumers with plastic free alternatives surely this ought to cost less and not more. It need governments to help implement this ban on single use plastics.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - We believe that single use plastic bottles should be banned as soon as possible. The main reason for this is the amount of harm that they cause to the environment, animals and people. They do not break down and so, are an ever-present issue, and are so damaging to the environment. It is very important that we as a community work together to get rid of these plastic bottles. It is the responsibility of the community to ban these products and stop the damage to our planet. The government must also play their part in educating the people on the dangers of these bottles and how to prevent the use of them. People can use their own bottles, this can be made compulsory in the schools. The students can be encouraged to use reusable bottles for their water. This will also benefit the student as they will not be spending so much money on bottled water. The government needs to do more to raise awareness of this problem and take more serious actions to reduce the damage that we are causing.
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