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IELTS Essay: People are now living in a throwaway society where things are used for a shor...

Prompt

People are now living in a throwaway society where things are used for a short period of time and then thrown away. What are the causes of this and what problems does it cause?

#throwaway culture#consumer behavior#waste generation#planned obsolescence#sustainability

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 identifies disposable culture and waste as obvious cause and problem, while Band 9 traces root causes to pricing systems that hide disposal costs and distinguishes between consumer choice and structural incentives.

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Key concepts in this essay

cost externalities
consumer behavior economics
product durability
waste management infrastructure
circular economy

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Blaming consumers for wasteful behavior without examining economic incentives (cheap goods, disposal cost externalization)
Identifying obvious problems without deeper causal analysis
Proposing consumer behavior change without addressing producer incentives

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