Every year, we use a lot of plastic. Plastic is very useful. It is lighter than glass. And it is often stronger, too. Plastic bottles don't break. And they don't cut people.
There is ploblem with plastic, though. It doesn't rot in the ground. So it takes up too much space.
The biggest problem, however, is waste. We cannot make plastic from oil forever. What can we do?
Taking our own bags to stores is the easiest way. Thus we can stop using new plastic bags every day. We can buy drinks in glass bottles. Then we can recycle the bottles.
Radios, clocks, watches, camaras. What do they all use?
The answer is batteries. Batteries are very useful. The Japanese use a lot of batteries-20 for every man, woman, ando child a year.
But batteries are dengerous, too. They are more dangerous than any other trash. They have poison in them. This poison is the most dangerous thing in our trash.
Some batteries are as small as buttons. But remember, they are as dangerous as big batteries. So we should be careful with all of our batteries.
Some towns collect batteries on special days. And some stores, like camera shops, also collect old batteries. Let's keep batteries out of the trash. The earth will thank us.
