Edible Water Bottles – Go green

Hi friends! Today we will see about an alternative preventive measure to reduce the rate of plastic used in mineral water industries. Water is the most important need for life. People across the world suffer due to shortage of fresh and clean water as well as good ecosystem. Unplanned urbanization had contributed to generation of wastes in the environment. One such factor is the large accumulation of plastic wastes. This might be due to their easy availability. These are non-bio-degradable in nature and it takes millions of years to degrade. Plastic accumulation goes on increasing due to discarded water bottles after its use. As they are not disposed of in a right manner, they create pollution in the form of wastes that spread across the world and causes severe threats to this environment which indirectly affects the public health.

We are under a false assumption that water bottles are made of totally recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. However, our recycling rate for PET is only 23%, which means we pitch into landfills 38 billion water bottles a year–more than $1 billion worth of plastic also. Moreover, it is estimated that in US alone every year, 17 million barrels of oil is used up to make 50 billion plastic cans per year.

What is the Solution!

Edible water bottles which are completely edible, and biodegradable if discarded can solve the problem of plastic bottles. This also reduces the burden of recycling plastic and also helps in managing plastic waste to larger extent for a greener future and in turn a healthier society. Naturally available sea weeds have the capability of storing water or any edible liquids by forming a membrane when brought in contact with certain chemicals like calcium lactate which are edible and biologically degradable.

The Research and Development department of Pepsi Co is already into this challenging project to develop a marketing plan for edible water bottle keeping social innovation in mind also contribute to the environment and its green future.