X: In order to reduce the amount of plastic in landfills, legislatures

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.