Plastic pollution from water bottles is a major problem. Bottle one ends up in a landfill where its chemicals can leach into groundwater and streams, taking 1000 years to decompose. Bottle two floats into the ocean and gets trapped in giant garbage patches, where its microplastics enter the food chain and animals mistake plastic for food. Bottle three is recycled into new materials instead of ending up as waste or pollution. The document recommends solutions like reducing plastic use, reusing bottles, recycling, and refusing disposable plastics to address the plastic water bottle problem.