An increase in the recycling material such as paper, cans and plastic has been noticed worldwide. Why do you think is this happening? What can be done to encourage recycling among people?
Sample Response
It is the 21st century. This is a modern epoch and in this epoch, there are many challenges being faced by humanityby the human. This is particularity true in the case of an increase in the waste material such as plastic, cans and paper create a hindrance in the whole world. Nowadays, many people are aware of recycling which help to curb this problem by reused the material. I will discuss whydiscuss, why this is happening, what we can do to resolve this issue and finally how people can be encouraged to recycleencouraged for recycling before drawing a logical conclusion. To begin with, fromin my perspective, the first and foremost point about increasing recyclingcreeping the recycling is turning trash into cashis trash into cash. It means that waste products are sold for moneysold by people for some cash, which helps promote recyclinghelps to lead the recycling. For instance, in Japan, many people sell the waste productsproduct such as empty cans or discardeduseless plastic to workers, who collect the waste material for recycling. Moreover, some people are aware of recycling, which helps to curb or tackle the problem caused by non-biodegradable productsproblem, which is created by a non-biodegradable product such as plastic. Secondly, there are various ways to encourage people to recycleencourage the people about recycling through awareness campaignssuch as awareness, which is an effectiveincredible way to encourage people. The government should raise awarenessspread the awareness about recycling through advertisingto people by advertising. They should show advertisementsshow the advertisement on television and in magazines and newspaperstelevision, magazine and newspaper because the majority of people can easily learn about the issuenotice the issue by such media. As evidence, in Canada, the advertisement about recycling is shown on television or newspaper by the government once a yearonce in a year, which helps to increase awareness among people. To sum up, after looking at above paragraphs, it is believed that the government should alert the people by advertising.
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response addresses both questions and gives relevant examples of financial incentives and public advertising, with the Japanese recycling-for-cash example providing the strongest support. Its main limitations are narrow development, heavy repetition, a single-block structure, and frequent language errors. Prioritise explaining multiple causes of increased recycling and propose distinct measures such as convenient collection, deposit schemes, and education, each in a focused paragraph.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
Both the rise in recycling and ways to encourage it are addressed, but each part relies mainly on one narrow idea.
Develop several distinct causes and solutions, explaining how awareness, financial incentives, and accessible collection each influence behaviour.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response has a basic cause-to-solution sequence, but the single paragraph, mechanical signposting, and repeated wording weaken cohesion.
Separate causes, solutions, and conclusion into paragraphs and remove formulaic announcements that do not advance the ideas.
Lexical Resource
Some relevant recycling vocabulary is used, but frequent inaccurate word choices and repetition restrict effective expression.
Replace phrases such as 'creeping the recycling', 'helps to lead the recycling', and 'encourage the people about recycling'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Frequent errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, relative clauses, and sentence construction cause noticeable difficulty for the reader.
Practise complete subject-verb clauses and accurate passive forms before combining ideas into complex sentences.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
An increase in the recycling material such as paper, cans and plastic has been noticed worldwide. Why do you think is this happening? What can be done to encourage recycling among people?
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