Should plastic bags and water bottles be banned? by Bryan Chen (SC) https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a en-us 2023-02-02 18:00:36 UTC 2023-02-27 18:29:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Yes 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466552639 2023-02-02 18:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466552639 No 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466552786 2023-02-02 18:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466552786 Americans buy more water bottles than any other nation. Americans buy about 29 billion water bottles a year! Worst of all, all of these bottles need oil to make. Water bottle companies say that 17 million barrels of crude oil are used for bottles each year! That is enough to fuel 1 million cars for on year! 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466567665 2023-02-02 18:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466567665 Plastic bottles is the cause of pollution. These bottles will not decompose for more than a hundred years! When these water bottles are thrown on beaches, many native species won't be able to live there anymore. 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466570021 2023-02-02 18:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466570021 Even if you are to use plastic water bottles, you have to recycle it! Recycled plastic water bottles can be turned into fleeces! However, only 1 out of 6 bottles are recycled. this causes a lot of pollution 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466573469 2023-02-02 18:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466573469 Water bottles are very easy get. Many people are too lazy to fill a water bottle so the just grab and drink from their refrigerator. If we ban the water bottles, some lazy people might not even want to drink water anymore. Dehydration can cause many other health problems 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466578633 2023-02-02 18:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466578633 Doctors say humans have to drink at least 8 ounces of water every day. This might seem very simple, but it is hard to know how much water your drinking. Plastic water bottles labels the volume of the water so you know how much water their is. 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466581499 2023-02-02 18:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466581499 Many people also like plastic water bottles because they taste good. Water from water fountains may taste bad or even contain dangerous chemicals. Water in plastic water bottles do not contain any dioxin at all, so it is very clean. 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466584302 2023-02-02 18:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466584302 Plastic water bottles contain a chemical because of the plastic. The chemical will affect your health. Especially kids will be affected, the chemical slows down the kids growing. 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466586209 2023-02-02 18:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466586209 People without access to metal water bottles might buy sugary drinks and that is very bad for your health 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466590297 2023-02-02 18:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2466590297 If plastic water bottles are banned, people might die of dehydration. For example during a crisis and there is no tap water, bottled water can come in very handy 3866071 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2468136817 2023-02-03 21:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2468136817 It's quicker to get water from plastic water bottle that is in the refrigerator from getting tap water from the sink and then from the filter and then to the cup. 3890981 https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2496826106 2023-02-27 18:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3866071/hgh2h6ivliridy1a/wish/2496826106