Read the passages from "Problem With Plastic Bags" and "Should We Be Banning Plastic Shopping Bags?”
Passage One
The damage caused by plastic bags can be reduced. When cities ban plastic bags, fewer of them are used by stores. This lowers the number of bags created and eventually thrown away. The result is air and water that are less polluted and a planet that is safer for animals and people.
Passage Two
Instead of banning plastic shopping bags, some cities charge a fee for each plastic bag used. This has positively affected shoppers, who are encouraged to bring their own bags to a store. In fact, a study found that a fee is just as effective as a ban. About fifty percent of shoppers bring their own bags when plastic bags are banned, and fifty percent bring their own bags when there is a fee.
How do the authors interpret the topic of plastic bag bans and fees differently?
Responses
A: The author of passage one believes bans reduce plastic bag use while the author of passage two thinks fees and bans have the same outcome.
B: The author of passage one believes fees and bans are effective while the author of passage two thinks fees and bans have no effect on plastic bag use.
C: The author of passage one believes bans are more effective than fees while the author of passage two thinks prices are more effective than bans.
D: The author of passage one believes bans will not work while the author of passage two thinks fees will reduce the number of plastic bags used.