Caps Off to Chemo: Bottle Cap Funding for Cancer Patients
Claims:
· I think the Coca Cola Company should assist in funding cancer patients (treatments) in return for recycling plastic bottle caps.
· I think the Coca Cola Company should fund cancer associations and cancer research through the return and recycling of plastic bottle caps.
Warrants:
· The Coca Cola Company does not annually fund a program, or in this case cancer society or form of cancer research.
· The Coca Cola Company has the funds but is not helping.
· “Less popular” cancers do not get as much attention or funding as “popular” cancers.
Evidence/Data/Grounds:
· The Atlanta-based beverage giant posted net income of $6.82 billion and earnings of $2.93 a share in 2010.
· It only cost pennies to make a single plastic bottle but when you multiply that times the amount of plastic bottles that Coca Cola produces they could say millions by simply recycling plastic bottle caps.
· Last year, the average American used 167 water bottles, but only recycled 38.
· The prices of traditional chemotherapy drugs tend to range from $300 to $800 for about an eight-week course of treatment.
- Rebuttal:
· This may lead to the obsessive drinking and purchasing of Coca Cola products which themselves are unhealthy and can lead to cancer and loss of funding.
· This would only make the Coca Cola Company more popular compared to other soda companies that may not have the funding to do this type of thing.
Qualifier:
· Some people may take advantage of direct funding and use it for things other than cancer treatments.
· Some people may have plenty of their own funds to pay for the amounts of treatment that they would need.
· Some people do not drink or purchase from the Coca Cola Company.
