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    techniques and criteria you used to separate this substance completely from the other fractions. • This fraction was the only liquid in the sludge, besides the food coloring. Soon after the sludge was examined, the liquid was decanted into a plastic bottle. 2. List each test you performed to determine the identity of this unknown substance from your sludge and give actual data collected (boiling point, density values, relative density, etc) that you used as evidence. • The first test performed

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    year 2050 plastic bottles will outnumber fish in the ocean. Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences showed that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic currently littering the ocean. Many people believe that throwing away plastic would have negligible impact on humans and animals, this is untrue. Thousands of birds, turtle, seals, fish, and other marine animals die every after entangling themselves in or consuming the tons of plastic currently in the ocean. Plastic is such a

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    Plastic bottle waste effects on animals Have you ever even thought twice before throwing your plastic bottle, which to you, looks like nothing more than 6 inches of a water container. Just a piece of plastic that is taking up a little room in your house, or vehicle. A piece of plastic that could do YOU no harm, right? Well that may, or may not be the case, and it may not hurt you. Although think about the effects that it may have on the already depleting sea life. Well if you haven’t had the audacity

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    Distribution: Plastic water bottles are considered one of the healthiest beverages you can find in any shop. But are they really all that healthy for the environment, or is there a fine line between a plastic bottled water drink and what’s best for everyone? Let’s take a look at bottled water from the very start to find out. To manufacture plastic bottles, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is used, and to produce PET, crude oil and natural gas is required. If one fills a plastic water bottle 1/4th full

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    Is bottled water better than tap water? Have you ever had any concerns about bottled water? Do you think that bottled water is better than tap water? Bottled water is water packed in plastic containers and sold for human consumption (Health Canada, 2013). Currently, the amount of bottled water consumed has increased considerably since many people feel it is safer drinking bottled water than tap water (Parent and Wrong, 2014). According to The Statistics Portal the global sale of bottled water

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    should ban plastic bottles. It can trash the environment if not recycled properly. Also Plastic bottles can be a waste of resources. Lastly I think we should use more durable containers such as a thermos. That’s why I think we should ban plastic bottles in Garden City Collegiate. There are so many reasons why and how plastic bottles can be bad for the environment. I couldn’t find a statistic about water bottle litter but I mean if you go outside your house you’d probably see a water bottles everywhere

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    California alone, over one billion plastic water bottles are wasted each year? These wasted bottles also leak toxins like phthalates into the ground when they arrive at the landfills. To cut down on wasted bottles, we should ban plastic water bottles in our schools. We should stop using plastic water bottles in schools because they are very difficult to recycle. With plastic, it takes over one thousand years for the decomposition process to even begin! Plastic also releases toxins into the ground

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    are not drinking enough water. This is surprising considering the convenience of plastic water bottles, especially in schools. However, many schools seek to ban the consumption of plastic bottles. Why? Because of the environmental and waste problems created by plastic bottles. They think that banning single use water bottles will help with these problems. Although, in reality, they are creating more. Plastic water bottles should not be banned from schools because of the healthy lifestyle it supports

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    The reason for millions of people using plastic water bottles is that everyone needs to drink water. However, many people do not know that a plastic bottle can be more harmful than beneficial for the drinker’s health. Refillable water bottles (which may be plastic but are made for refillable use) should be used instead of plastic bottles because they are cheaper, healthier, and better for the Earth. Refillable water bottles may seem expensive, but in the long run it will be much cheaper. “On average

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    Everyday millions of people will reach for a bottle of water, not thinking about the effects it can have on many aspects of their life and others. Bottled water may seem innocent but it needs to be treated with extreme care and caution. Even though bottled water may seem safe, it could contain many toxins. By drinking from a plastic water bottle, people should consider if it is really worth the cost of paying for the actual bottle itself. People should also consider the long term effects it can have

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