Task 2: Some people feel that manufacturers and supermarkets should have the responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging of goods, while others argue that customers should avoid buying goods with a lot of packaging. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Packaging and excessive use of plastic products has always been a heated debate. Many people argue that it is manufacturers and retailers who should be accountable for cutting down on the amount of wrapping, while others contend that shoppers themselves should take the responsibility. Both viewpoints will be discussed in this essay which provides the reasons why I opine that organizations and individuals should share the duty.
Advocates of individual responsibility refer to the pressure they can put on producers as a justification for their point. According to these people, every shopper needs to be environmentally conscious and look to the future of plastic-free markets, and force manufacturers to simplify packaging. They believe that consumers’ choices would act as a decisive factor in whether an enterprise remains in business. Therefore, being a savvy purchaser who is fully aware of the disastrous consequences of plastic packages and other non-degradable materials means a lot to the natural environment. By eliminating goods wrapped with unrecyclable materials, such as nylon, from purchasing lists, consumers are contributing significantly to the reduction of pollution while businesses are required to adapt to survive, or they may face a high chance of losing a huge number of potential customers.
Nevertheless, consumers alone cannot get to the root of the problem as they are not the main source of rubbish, meaning that producers should take primary responsibility. Businesses are always active in choosing input materials for wrapping their commodity, which results in a huge amount of trash. Moreover, lessening in multi-layer packaging can be considered economical to not only producers but also buyers as they do not have to pay extra for boxes or bags. If Danisa, which is Denmark’s biscuit brand, replaced its metal box with a more affordable one, customers could be able to buy the product at more reasonable prices. From another angle, the accessibility of plastic in retailers when they offer plastic bags free of charge leads to the fact that customers take for granted the widespread use of this non-ecofriendly wrapper. Accordingly, supermarkets cutting down on non-degradable materials means they are encouraging their product users to be environmentally responsible.
All things considered, although there are diverse opinions revolving around whose responsibility when it comes to reducing packaging, I still retain my original position that it is the common duty of both buyers and producers.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 889, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...g a huge number of potential customers. Nevertheless, consumers alone cannot get...
^^^
Line 4, column 213, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to input'
Suggestion: to input
...usinesses are always active in choosing input materials for wrapping their commodity,...
^^^^^
Line 6, column 228, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...mmon duty of both buyers and producers.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, if, look, may, moreover, nevertheless, so, still, therefore, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 7.30460921844 205% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 28.0 24.0651302605 116% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 41.998997996 121% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2158.0 1615.20841683 134% => OK
No of words: 390.0 315.596192385 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.53333333333 5.12529762239 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.44391917772 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.28535891022 2.80592935109 117% => OK
Unique words: 239.0 176.041082164 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.612820512821 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 681.3 506.74238477 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 50.3765377488 49.4020404114 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.866666667 106.682146367 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.0 20.7667163134 125% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6 7.06120827912 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.196251428682 0.244688304435 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0560682212971 0.084324248473 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.047301268985 0.0667982634062 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115047848265 0.151304729494 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0642989389684 0.056905535591 113% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.6 13.0946893788 134% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 50.2224549098 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.09 12.4159519038 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.11 8.58950901804 118% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 78.4519038076 163% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 889, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...g a huge number of potential customers. Nevertheless, consumers alone cannot get...
^^^
Line 4, column 213, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to input'
Suggestion: to input
...usinesses are always active in choosing input materials for wrapping their commodity,...
^^^^^
Line 6, column 228, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...mmon duty of both buyers and producers.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, if, look, may, moreover, nevertheless, so, still, therefore, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 7.30460921844 205% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 28.0 24.0651302605 116% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 41.998997996 121% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2158.0 1615.20841683 134% => OK
No of words: 390.0 315.596192385 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.53333333333 5.12529762239 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.44391917772 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.28535891022 2.80592935109 117% => OK
Unique words: 239.0 176.041082164 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.612820512821 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 681.3 506.74238477 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 50.3765377488 49.4020404114 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.866666667 106.682146367 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.0 20.7667163134 125% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6 7.06120827912 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.196251428682 0.244688304435 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0560682212971 0.084324248473 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.047301268985 0.0667982634062 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115047848265 0.151304729494 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0642989389684 0.056905535591 113% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.6 13.0946893788 134% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 50.2224549098 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.09 12.4159519038 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.11 8.58950901804 118% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 78.4519038076 163% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.