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Lesson 7 | Read the World CLIL Social Studies

1 Look at the text. Do you know how plastic bottles are made?
2 9.13 Listen and read. What are some of the problems with plastic bottles?

Plastic Water Bottles

Around the world, people • You need energy to transport,
buy about 1,000,000 or move, the plastic bottles, too.
(one million) plastic bottles • You need three liters of water
every minute.
just to make one liter of plastic
You make plastic with oil. bottled water.
A bottle of water uses a • Bottled water is much more
lot more energy than
expensive than tap water.
tap water.

A lot of waste!
• When you recycle waste, you can save a lot of energy because
you make new things with the materials. Although you can recycle
plastic bottles, many bottles around the world aren’t recycled.
• A plastic bottle in the environment needs at least 450 years
to break down. That’s a long time!
• Some people think one out of three pieces of plastic pollution
in the ocean is a plastic bottle.
• Birds like albatrosses think small pieces of plastic
are food to eat.

You can help make a difference!
• Say “no” to plastic bottles • Have a bottle you
whenever you can. Also say can use again and
“no” to plastic drinking straws. again. Ask your
• If you live in a place with clean parents to use
tap water, drink that and one, too.
use drinking fountains.

• If you do use a plastic bottle, make sure to recycle
it! Learn about the United Nations’ SDG Goal 12.

130 I can read and understand an infographic.