Author: Matt Liu, University of Wyoming Director of Debate
I’ve had the opportunity to do a little research on the new PF topic. What follows is a quick primer about possible pro and con arguments for the February 2024 PF resolution: Resolved: The United States federal government should ban single-use plastics. Aff Ground The two most obvious aff advantage areas are the environment and public health. Of those two, I prefer focusing on the environmental harms of single-use plastics. Plastic pollution is notoriously bad for the environment, especially for marine environments like oceans and rivers. The epitome of this is the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” (aka ‘Trash Island’), a 1.6 million square mile collecting of plastic and floating trash. Some of the plastic in the patch is over 50 years old because plastic is non-biodegradable, and the patch is rapidly growing (increasing 10-fold every decade). Read the complete article below the fold.
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