How Far Will We Go For a Bottled Water Alternative?

How Far Will We Go For a Bottled Water Alternative?

Most people struggle to drink the recommended two liters of water a day because, 让我们面对现实吧, that’s not always a top priority. With so much on our minds each day, it’s only human to place ‘drinking enough water’ on the bottom of our to-do lists. 然而, by making drinking water so readily available these days, we start running out of excuses to stay appropriately hydrated.

目前, there are multiple ways of getting water on the go, whether it’s the drinking fountain, 可重复使用的瓶子, 或者瓶装水. With all these options to choose from, bottled water is by far the most harmful to the environment.

让我们后退一步. Drinking water can come from two sources: tap or bottled. 在过去的几十年, bottled water usage has been alarmingly high, mostly due to how it’s falsely advertised as the most safe and convenient option. But as long as your tap water meets all the regulations under the 安全饮用水法, it should be just as safe and taste no different than bottled water. In fact, some of the largest bottled water distributors use municipal water as their source, according to the American 自来水厂 Association (AWWA).

随着时间的流逝, the damage that bottled water inflicts on the environment is slowly becoming a forefront in our minds but the convenience of it is too good to erase. The experts at the award winning 跳绳岩石实验室 recently put their heads together and created an edible water ‘blob’ called the Ooho.

请允许我们解释一下. Standing out as the water bottle you can actually eat, the Ooho is a circular ball of water with a seaweed and calcium chloride exterior. 通过刺穿膜, you are able to hydrate your body just as well as bottled water allows but meant in a smaller, more environmentally friendly method. Below is what can be summarized as the pros and cons of 这项发明:

Clearer skin, headache reliever, weightloss contributor. The benefits of drinking the right amount of water are enough to justify the means of getting water on the go. Bottled water is wasteful and damaging to the environment but the convenience of it isn’t lost on us. 然而 flawed some people consider the Ooho, including its un-pronounceable name, you have to admit that it’s a step in the right direction. 用汤姆·普雷斯顿的话来说, “Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.”