A flood of water bottles.Pure, natural, bottled water has become the in thing in California as elsewhere, but a problem is bubbling up. The water may be good for the body, but its containers are not. The discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. plastic bottles (more than 1 billion a year, 3 million a day) are flooding landfills and contributing to air pollution when incinerated with regular trash. Only about 16 percent of the plastic water bottles are being recycled in California, even though consumers can now turn them in for a cash refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid. 2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies . If recycled, the raw material from those bottles could be used to make 74 million square feet of carpet, 74 million extra large T-shirts or 16 million sweaters. In response, the California Department of Conservation The California Department of Conservation provides services and information that promote environmental health, economic vitality, informed land use decisions and sound management of California's natural resources. has launched an awareness campaign aimed at coaxing consumers to recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. . |
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