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In my opinion, although these above actions are minor, they would contribute to

diminishing the impacts of pollution in our local area if they were done on a
collective level.

VOCABULARY

 born and raised in: to describe that you were born in a certain place and that you
grew up there with your parents; “He was born and raised in New York but moved
to California when he was 35.”

 skyrocketing: increasing, to describe when something goes up rapidly by a lot; “The
skyrocketing airline prices have hurt the tourist towns, as fewer people are

traveling.”
 significantly: in a sufficiently great or important way as to be worthy of attention,

“Our profit was significantly less this month than we had predicted.”

 enacted: to put a law into place; “New laws have been enacted to keep people safe
from gun violence.”

 rubbish: trash, garbage waste; “There is too much rubbish in this yard. Let‟s clean
it up!”

 heavily fine: to fine someone heavily means to charge them a lot of money because
they have violated a law or regulation; “The companies were heavily fined for
polluting the river.”

 littering: throwing trash on the ground rather than putting it in the bin; “Littering is

against the law and you can be fined $1000.”
 scenery: what you see in the natural environment; a beautiful scenery usually

includes beautiful nature scenes, but ugly scenery would have trash and pollution;
“The scenery in the Turkish countryside is beautiful.”

 run a campaign: to organize and work on a program to reach a goal, such as a
campaign to educate people about pollution or teenage pregnancy or alcohol abuse;
“He is in charge of running the campaign to save dogs in our rural areas.”

 to classify and separate: in the context of recycling, to classify means to figure out
what bin each item belongs in, such as glass, plastic, paper and then to put them into
the appropriate bins;

“He is lazy and doesn’t like to classify and separate his garbage.”

 to throw something out: to get rid of something; to put it in the trash; “My mother
threw out all my boyfriend’s old letters.”