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The following appeared in a memorandum written by the chairperson of the West Egg Town Council.

"Two years ago， consultants predicted that West Egg's landfill， which is used for garbage disposal， would be completely filled within five years. During the past two years， however， the town's residents have been recycling twice as much material as they did in previous years. Next month the amount of recycled material—which includes paper， plastic， and metal—should further increase， since charges for pickup of other household garbage will double. Furthermore， over 90 percent of the respondents to a recent survey said that they would do more recycling in the future. Because of our town's strong commitment to recycling， the available space in our landfill should last for considerably longer than predicted."

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

中文翻译：

两年前，我们的顾问预言West Egg用于投放垃圾的填埋地将在五年内完全充满。然而在过去两年间，市对于铝和纸张的循环再生的数量比以前翻了一番。由于垃圾收集的收费在下个月将会加倍，循环再生的材料数量将进一步增加。而且，最近一次调查超过90%的回应者表示他们将会在未来做更多的循环再生工作。由于居对循环再生的有力支持，我们填埋地可利用空间的使用时间将比预期的长得多。

写一篇回应，讨论还需要何种具体的证据才能更好的评估上面的论证，并解释这个证据是如何强化/削弱这篇文章的论证的。