Recently, activists have become increasingly concerned that individuals are not doing enough to recycle their own waste and there should be laws to make this happen. In this essay, I argue that this is not necessary as there are sufficient other ways to encourage individuals to recycle.
To start with, it is possible to change peoples habits without the law. The first method is through greed. Community councils or local governments could increase the price of collecting or throwing out rubbish by increasing the price of rubbish bags - and by only allowing official rubbish bags to be used. This is the approach taken by Taiwan. Another point is that generally, humans are competitive. This means it would be possible to turn to recycle into a game - ideally supported by an app - with leaderboards scores, and stickers. Neighbourhoods could take photos of their recycling, share them, and receive scores stickers and other prizes. While this would not work for everyone, it would work for many. To sum up, eventually, whatever the motivation, a society could get into the habit of recycling through a variety of smart encouragements.
Finally, it is possible that passing laws to require a certain amount of recycling would run into a number of problems. The first being that it is difficult to determine exactly how much a person has or has not recycled - unless someone actually goes through the trash. A related issue is how to enforce it. If it is impossible to know how much a particular person should have recycled in a particular situation, how would it be possible to know if they have recycled enough, some, or not all? In other words, the problem is the measurement.
In conclusion, not only are there various ways to change people’s behaviour through taking advantage of their greed, competitiveness, and desire to do good, using the law to force people to recycle may even be counterproductive. Therefore, I strongly disagree with the idea of using the law to force the issue. 
Recently, activists have become  
increasingly
 concerned that individuals are not doing  
enough
 to recycle their  
own
 waste and there should be  
laws
 to  
make
 this happen. In this essay, I argue that this is not necessary as there are sufficient other ways to encourage individuals to recycle.
To  
start
 with, it is  
possible
 to  
change
 peoples habits without the  
law
. The  
first
 method is  
through
 greed. Community councils or local  
governments
 could increase the price of collecting or throwing out rubbish by increasing the price of rubbish bags  
-
 and by  
only
 allowing official rubbish bags to be  
used
. This is the approach taken by Taiwan. Another point is that  
generally
, humans are competitive. This means it would be  
possible
 to turn to recycle into a game  
-
  ideally
 supported by an app  
-
 with leaderboards scores, and stickers.  
Neighbourhoods
 could take photos of their recycling, share them, and receive scores stickers and other prizes. While this would not work for everyone, it would work for  
many
. To sum up,  
eventually
, whatever the motivation, a society could  
get
 into the habit of recycling  
through
 a variety of smart encouragements. 
Finally
, it is  
possible
 that passing  
laws
 to require a certain amount of recycling would run into a number of problems. The  
first
 being that it is difficult to determine exactly how much a person has or has not recycled  
-
 unless someone actually goes  
through
 the trash. A related issue is how to enforce it. If it is impossible to know how much a particular person should have recycled in a particular situation, how would it be  
possible
 to know if they have recycled  
enough
,  
some
, or not all?  
In other words
, the problem is the measurement. 
In conclusion
, not  
only
 are there various ways to  
change
  people
’s  
behaviour
  through
 taking advantage of their greed, competitiveness, and desire to do  
good
, using the  
law
 to force  
people
 to recycle may even be counterproductive.  
Therefore
, I  
strongly
 disagree with the  
idea
 of using the  
law
 to force the issue.