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  1. recycle
    use again after processing
    But one day in January, as she gazed at the piles of plastic in her recycling bin, she decided to quit.
  2. consulting firm
    a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
    After steady expansion that saw U.S. per capita consumption grow from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 in 2007, bottled water sales slipped 3.2 percent in 2008 and are projected to dip another 2 percent this year, according to estimates by the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.
  3. backlash
    a movement away from an impact
    “It was a cumulative sense of responsibility that made me do it,” Lewis said

    Lewis is part of a bigger backlash against bottled water happening across the nation, and after decades of growth, the $11 billion industry is stuttering.
  4. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
    “It was a cumulative sense of responsibility that made me do it,” Lewis said

    Lewis is part of a bigger backlash against bottled water happening across the nation, and after decades of growth, the $11 billion industry is stuttering.
  5. percent
    a proportion in relation to a whole
    After steady expansion that saw U.S. per capita consumption grow from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 in 2007, bottled water sales slipped 3.2 percent in 2008 and are projected to dip another 2 percent this year, according to estimates by the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.
  6. per capita
    relating to each person individually
    After steady expansion that saw U.S. per capita consumption grow from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 in 2007, bottled water sales slipped 3.2 percent in 2008 and are projected to dip another 2 percent this year, according to estimates by the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.
  7. expansion
    the act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope
    After steady expansion that saw U.S. per capita consumption grow from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 in 2007, bottled water sales slipped 3.2 percent in 2008 and are projected to dip another 2 percent this year, according to estimates by the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.
  8. architect
    someone who creates plans to be used in making something
    “It was appalling,” said Lewis, an architect from Louisville, Colo.
  9. corporation
    a business firm recognized by law as a single body
    After steady expansion that saw U.S. per capita consumption grow from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 in 2007, bottled water sales slipped 3.2 percent in 2008 and are projected to dip another 2 percent this year, according to estimates by the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.
  10. estimate
    judge tentatively
    After steady expansion that saw U.S. per capita consumption grow from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 in 2007, bottled water sales slipped 3.2 percent in 2008 and are projected to dip another 2 percent this year, according to estimates by the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.
  11. industry
    the action of making of goods and services for sale
    “It was a cumulative sense of responsibility that made me do it,” Lewis said

    Lewis is part of a bigger backlash against bottled water happening across the nation, and after decades of growth, the $11 billion industry is stuttering.
  12. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
    “It was a cumulative sense of responsibility that made me do it,” Lewis said

    Lewis is part of a bigger backlash against bottled water happening across the nation, and after decades of growth, the $11 billion industry is stuttering.
Created on 六月 9, 2010

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