Do you often drink bottled drinks? Of course 1 is so cool to get a cold one right out of the fridge, right? But all those plastic bottles use a lot of oil and 2 the environment. Americans buy 3 bottled water than any other nation in the world. In order to make all these bottles, 17 million barrels (桶) of oil 4up. That's enough oil to keep a million cars going for twelve months.
Many people choose 5 the bottles away after having the bottled drinks. In fact, instead of going out with the trash, plastic bottles can be turned into carpeting for clothing. Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle 6save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours.7 , for every six water bottles we use, only one is recycled. The rest are sent as garbage (垃圾). Or, even worse, they end up 8 trash on the land or in rivers and oceans.
So why don't more people drink water from the kitchen? Some people drink bottled water 9 they think it is better for them, but that's not true. The chemicals in the bottles themselves may get into the water which can do harm to people.
So next time when you have drinks or water, please 10 to use a glass at home or carry water in a steel bottle. And if you want to do something more, try to collect plastic bottles and send them for recycling.