Now
you can make your own water bottle and eat
them too, using a process called
spherification. This process creates a liquid with a soft membrane that you can eat.
The process combines drinking water with sodium alginate, which comes from brown seaweed.
Spoonfuls are put into a bath of calcium lactate,
a gelatinous membrane begins to form.
50 billion plastic water bottles are used each year in the United States, which requires 17 million barrels of oil..
Less than a quarter of that plastic will get recycled.
A solution or temporary? Either way you can
help reduce our plastic waste and actually
make an edible water bottle at home with just
water and Calcium lactate:
Calcium lactate: A salt found in common
items like cheese, baking powder, and
antacids.
