Opinion on the editorial: A plastic bottle ban that’s so crazy it just might work

The editorial: A plastic bottle ban that’s so crazy it just might work, is an opinion essay on the reason plastic water bottles should be banned and why. It also focuses on San Francisco Internatinal Airport’s plan on not selling single-use plastic bottles. SFO has created a plan that they won’t sell single-use plastic bottles but they will sell a reusable non-plastic refillable bottles. They will then implement 15 filtered water fountains which would be accessible to everyone in the airport. “The immediate effect will be the elimination of an estimated 4 million plastic water bottles that would otherwise be sold each year, most of which would have ended up in the trash or littering the landscape” (The Times Editorial Board). This will make a huge impact on the environment in a beneficial way. If more places would stop selling single-use water bottles, less plastic would be wasted.
This editorial was written in a call to action format. The author starts out the first paragraph by asking questions. He does this to make the reader go through a journey throughout the essay to find the answers to the questions. He wrote the essay in search of an answer. This writing strategy caught my attention because it made me eager to know the answer to the questions.
The author makes a very important point that people are wasting plastic everyday. Many people say that getting rid of single-use water bottles, plastic bags, and plastic silverware would be an inconvenience. Yes, it may be annoying to have to go to a water fountain to refill your water instead of grabbing another bottle, but by getting rid of unnecessary plastic would help save the environment. The environment is a very sensitive and crucial place. This essay is written as a wake up call to realize that the environment is being harmed by an overload of unnecessary plastic.