Dear Sam,
I believe that all children can help save the planet by recycling plastic bottles. We use lots and lots of plastic bottles every day. At our school, we use plastic bottles for all sorts of things — water, fruit juice, milk drinks and even medicine. They are a lot of bottles.
We have seen that people don't bother to put their empty bottles in the bin. They throw them out of car windows or just drop them as they walk These end up in our oceans, rivers and lakes, harming many water animals. They also make the waterways look terrible.
Even if they are put in the bin, plastic bottles are a problem. Because we use so many plastic bottles and they can take hundreds of years to break down, they clog (阻塞) up the space at the dump. Other things like paper and vegetables break down quickly and become part of the soil but not plastic.
If we all choose to recycle plastic bottles, they can be reused to make other things like toys, tools and even some clothes. This will mean less plastic in dumps and waterways.
Recycling is something kids can do to help the environment. So we should start now!
Thank you.
Jessica
