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Source: OG
Level: 3
X: In order to reduce the amount of plastic in landfills, legislatures should impose a ban on the use of plastics for packaging goods.
Y: Impossible! Plastic packaging is necessary for public safety. Consumers will lose all of the safety features that plastic offers, chiefly tamper-resistant closures and shatterproof bottles.
Which of the following best describes the weak point in Y's response to X's proposal?
- A Y ignores the possibility that packaging goods in materials other than plastic might provide the same safety features that packaging in plastic offers.
- B The economic disadvantages of using plastics as a means of packaging goods are not taken into consideration.
- C Y attempts to shift the blame for the large amount of plastic in landfills from the users of plastic packaging to the legislators.
- D Y does not consider the concern of some manufacturers that safety features spoil package appearances.
- E Y wrongly assumes that X defends the interests of the manufacturers rather than the interests of the consumers.