Question
Question 14
"Canada Wants to
Ban Single-Use
Plastics"
by Vicky Stein
Some data exists on the effectiveness of city-wide
plastic bag bans — San Jose, California, for
instance, cut plastic litter in storm drains by 89
percent — but this kind of large-scale ban has
never been tried before. The closest predecessor
to Canada’s plans will be the upcoming single-use
product bans in the European Union. The
Canadian government is likely to follow the same
research and recommendations as the EU, the
official said.
But environmental engineer Morton Barlaz of
North Carolina State University posits that bans
A)
Use the article excerpt to answer the
question.
According to Morton Barlaz, how can a
large-scale plastics ban policy potentially
show fallacious reasoning?
(1 point)
Replacing banned single-use plastics
with biodegradable plastics will not
solve disposal problems.
Charging people for single-use plastics
could decrease demand for these
problematic items.
Increasing the cost of oil could
decrease the interest in using
petroleum-based plastics.
Thinking about what alternatives do for
"Canada Wants to
Ban Single-Use
Plastics"
by Vicky Stein
Some data exists on the effectiveness of city-wide
plastic bag bans — San Jose, California, for
instance, cut plastic litter in storm drains by 89
percent — but this kind of large-scale ban has
never been tried before. The closest predecessor
to Canada’s plans will be the upcoming single-use
product bans in the European Union. The
Canadian government is likely to follow the same
research and recommendations as the EU, the
official said.
But environmental engineer Morton Barlaz of
North Carolina State University posits that bans
A)
Use the article excerpt to answer the
question.
According to Morton Barlaz, how can a
large-scale plastics ban policy potentially
show fallacious reasoning?
(1 point)
Replacing banned single-use plastics
with biodegradable plastics will not
solve disposal problems.
Charging people for single-use plastics
could decrease demand for these
problematic items.
Increasing the cost of oil could
decrease the interest in using
petroleum-based plastics.
Thinking about what alternatives do for
Answers
GPT-4o mini
According to Morton Barlaz, a large-scale plastics ban policy could potentially show fallacious reasoning if it assumes that replacing banned single-use plastics with biodegradable plastics will solve disposal problems. This implies that simply switching materials does not address the underlying issues associated with disposal and environmental impact.