Edible water polo refers to a spherical water container made of the gel of algae plants. This kind of renewable packaging was created by Skipping Rocks Lab to provide a more "environmentally friendly" substitute for disposable plastic bottles. The creator of the container named it "Ooho", and its manufacturing method is to seal a small amount of water in a film made of algae and calcium chloride. The manufacturing process is included in the license agreement of knowledge, so anyone can use the formula for free. ? Edible water polo is edible in whole film and can degrade naturally within 4 to 6 weeks to become plant nutrients.
Although eating water polo is environmentally friendly, it also has disadvantages. Although it is protected by a double coating, edible water polo is not as strong and convenient to carry as a water bottle. In addition, the capacity of water polo developed at present belongs to the size of a bite, so eating water polo will not be the best choice for people to drink daily. In terms of sales, the shelf life of edible water polo is only 4-6 weeks, which is not suitable for large-scale transportation of long-distance activities.
Use of edible water polo
In the 39th London Marathon, the mineral water previously provided on both sides of the track became edible water polo. According to statistics, the 38th London Marathon produced more than 920,000 plastic bottle wastes. After the competition, the cleaning staff also collected nearly 50,000 plastic bottles thrown on the streets of the city. In this competition, the organizer * * * distributed more than 30,000 edible water polo to athletes, and reduced the number of supply stations along the way from 26 to 19, and three supply stations used detachable cups instead of bottles. This series of measures made this year's marathon use only 704,000 plastic bottles, a decrease of 210.6 million compared with last year.