Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-17

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries, people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could.

Why do you think this is? What can be done to change this?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

People do not recycle their rubbish in many countries because they have lack of knowledge and awareness about recycling and infrastructure is also bot good.The government can bring change by doing some educational campaigns and incentives.

Many people have the problem of confusion and lack of awareness. They are confuse with the symbol of recycling and due to lack of knowledge they throw non-recyclable commodities into recycle bin which lead to wish-cycling. The lot of people do not have awareness that these plastics and materials can be recycled or not. They are forced to throw all rubbish in one bin. For example, Imagine a person drink soda bottle and he wants to throw it in recycling bin but there is only one general trash bin. Because there is no recycling bin on sight so he throw his bottle in trash bin rather than searching recycle bin.

On the other hand, government may change behaviour by putting some incentives and spreading educational campaigns on recycling. Government needs to make strict rules and imposed fines on the mix recyclable material with general waste. For example, Countries like Germany achieved massive recycling by put some incentive in the foam of cash by recycling plastic and glass bottles. Many countries strict about waste material and recyclable material and people from those countries must use three bins one for general waste and other two for recyclable material.

In conclusion, lack of education about recycling and inconvenient infrastructure are the main cause of less recycling. Government can change into massive recycling by putting incentives, making strict rules and imposing fines on those who do not follow the rule.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited awareness and inconvenient recycling facilities as causes, then suggest education, incentives, rules and fines. The examples of someone unable to find a recycling bin and Germany’s bottle-return incentives help make the points relevant. However, some ideas are more fully explained than others. The lack of awareness is linked to confusion about recycling symbols, but the point about infrastructure could be developed beyond the single imagined example. The proposed fines and three-bin system are also mentioned without explaining how they would be introduced or why they would change behaviour. Develop each main point with a clearer explanation of its likely effect to make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions, and a conclusion that restates the main points. This makes the argument easy to follow. You also use signposting such as “For example,” “On the other hand,” and “In conclusion.” At times, however, connections are mechanical or unclear. “On the other hand” suggests a contrast, although the paragraph is presenting solutions rather than an opposing view. Several ideas in the causes paragraph are repeated, and the shift from incentives to strict rules could be linked more explicitly. Use cohesive phrases that show the precise relationship between ideas, and organise each paragraph around a distinct main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycling,” “non-recyclable,” “infrastructure,” “incentives,” and “imposing fines,” so the reader can understand the main argument. There are also attempts at more specific expressions such as “wish-cycling” and “general waste.” However, inaccurate word choice, spelling and collocation sometimes make the writing less natural: “bot good,” “on sight,” and “in the foam of cash” appear to be intended as “not good,” “on site,” and “in the form of cash.” Repetition of “lack of awareness” and “recycling” also limits flexibility. Check spelling carefully and learn common word partnerships, then vary repeated terms where the meaning allows.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and some longer structures, including a conditional example beginning “Because there is no recycling bin…” and a relative clause in “those who do not follow the rule.” The overall meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors occur across the response. Examples include “they have lack of knowledge,” “They are confuse,” and “he throw his bottle,” where articles, verb forms or agreement need correction. There are also sentence-boundary and punctuation issues, such as the run-on opening sentence and inconsistent spacing around punctuation. Practise checking subject–verb agreement and verb forms, and use a full stop or conjunction to separate complete ideas. More accurate complex sentences would strengthen the range already attempted.

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