Nowadays we are wasting so much plastic, and we know plastic is not biodegradable. That’s why Ooho! has been created. Ooho! is an edible water bottle created using gelification (a technique initially used in cooking created by Ferran Adriá) which objective is to replace plastic bottles. It looks like a balloon or even like a breast implant, and will go on the market within a year. Ooho! was first invented by three engineers in 2014, but now they are fundraising to achieve their objective to substitute the plastic bottles for this more ecologic option.
Maybe you are wondering: how are they made? Well, the sphere has a double gelatinous membrane made of sodium alginate (which is taken from brown algae) and calcium chloride. As it was said before, the spheres are created using gelification to make liquids turn into gel. Therefore, it is so natural that you can actually eat it, and it’s entirely biodegradable. Not only it’s biodegradable, but also the packaging is cheaper than plastic, and can contain water, soft drinks, spirits…Each sphere contains 250 ml of water or another drink and costs 2 cents to make one unit (less than a plastic bottle). Will Ooho! be the future?PERSONAL OPINION:
When I first saw this news, I found it very interesting. Not only plastic bottles, but also plastic in general contaminate a lot (more than we think), and people are acting like they don’t care. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to live in a plastic mountain. Projects like this contribute to fight against global warming, and to the defense of the environment, so that’s why I like it so much. Even though at first maybe it will be a little bit strange, I want to try Ooho! as soon as possible, and I hope within some years it will substitute plastic bottles.
NEW WORDS:
Seaweed: algues
Fundraise: recaptar fons
Wobble: tambalejar-se
Edible: comestible
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4401730/Water-bottle-wobbles-like-bubble-sale.html
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