duction of plastic bottles into the market, stores sold glass bottles filled with soda or water. These glss bottles were washed and refilled at bottling plants. As plastic bottles became popular, glass bottling plants closed. People working at the plants lost their jobs. As the glass bottle industry shrank, the plastic bottle industry grew. However, plastic bottles were not reusable and did not require regional bottle plants. As a result, plastic bottle factories were centralized. Companies produced plastic bottles wherever land and labor were cheapest and shipped their products all over the nation. By the late 1980s, plastic bottles had replaced glass bottles in most stores. What is the overall structure of this text? A. Cause and effect B. Chronological order C. Compare and contrast D. Problem and solution