Question

1
raul
still, the production, transportation, and disposal of plastic water bottles have major environmental costs and consequences.
a growing popularity
b dimensions
c throwing away
d cleaning
2
raul
what additional cost of transporting bottled water does the author mention?

Explanation:

1. For question 1, "disposal" means the act of getting rid of something, which matches "throwing away".
2. For question 2, from the surrounding text, the author mentions that transporting bottled water adds to fossil fuel use (a cost related to energy/resource consumption from fossil fuels).

Answer:

1. C. throwing away
2. The author mentions that transporting bottled water adds to fossil fuel use (increasing reliance on and consumption of fossil fuels, which is an environmental and resource cost).