Water Testing Connection

My group members and i chose to to plastic recycling.
My group members and i are comparing how plastics effect the water cycle and the growing process of plants (peas and grass). We are comparing number 1 plastics to number 2 plastics. We will be observing, over a fifteen day period, how plastics not being disposed of properly can effect how, we as humans, are harming our own natural resources. I feel very strongly about recycling, in general, not just plastic, and im hoping that the information we recover we can distribute and help make people that are....less aware, more aware.
In our Bio Bottles we are hoping to recover information that shows that having plastic in our landfills and littered around the earth greatly weakens the Earths ability to grow plants that are vital for human and animal life forms and how irresponsible not properly disposing plastics really is.
The connection between plastic recycling and the water testing we are doing at the Grand River at McArthur River Drive has many different points. 1. Not all plastics are manufactured the same and some contain chemicals that when they are taken out of there final state of creation cause grave harm to living creatures. 2. It requires 3 times as much water to make the bottle as it does to fill a water bottle up, and if the manufacturer is using fresh water, like water from the great lakes, they could be using water that is vital to humans because we haven't yet found a completely efficient way to turn sea water into fresh water. http://www.bottledwaterblues.com/  3.  it is estimated it takes 700 years to begin composting, meaning that while they are sitting around, waiting for there inatement plastic life to end, they could end up in a variety of different places one such being the river, and if fish or water creatures were to be caught in the plastic bottle, getting out for them could result in death or great harm to that specimen. http://www.ehow.com/about_5414634_plasticbottle.html
Lets start a revolution and RECYCLE!