1. THE EDIBLE WATER BOTTLE
SCHOLARS 1100 RESEARCH PROJECT
EMOREE HEISELT, TOM ESBER, TOMMY DO

2. PROBLEM
Although convenient, plastic water bottles are not always recycled
3 million water bottles a day are thrown away
Take up space in landfills
Burned with trash
Causes a greenhouse effect and pollution
Many water bottles are also littered
Molinaro, Hope. "Plastic Water Bottles Go to Waste, Says Calif. Conservation Agency. (industry News)." Plastics Engineering (2003). Print.
Baumann, Kelly. "Drinking Water." Kaufmann Mercantile. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct

3. PROBLEM (cont’d)
Harmful metal contaminants released by recycled plastic water bottles
Through process called leaching, plastic water bottles provide potential threat to humans as well as environment
Paolo, La Mantia Francesco. Recycling of Plastic Materials. Toronto: ChemTec Pub., Print.

4. REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE PROBLEM
Reusable water bottles contain Bisphenol A (BPA)
increases the risk of degenerative disease
obstructs fertility
Experiment showed that BPA seeps into contained water
EcoCare™ and Tritan™ are BPA free
BPA has use in society but its risks may outweigh the benefit
Rob. "Debate on Bisphenol-A: A Suspect Chemical in Plastic Containers."Green Guide for Everyday Life. N.p., 26 June Web. 16 Oct. 2015
Cooper, JE, EL Kendig, and SM Belcher. "Assessment of Bisphenol a Released from Reusable Plastic, Aluminium and Stainless Steel Water Bottles." Chemosphere (2011): Print.

5. POTENTIAL ACTION Get rid of plastic water bottles completely
Australian town of Bundanoon banned plastic water bottles1
First known city in the world
Not very practical move
Businesses that sell bottled water decline
Businesses should sell reusable water bottles instead
1. Ryan, Susan. "Australians Ban Bottled Water." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 9 Aug Web. 29 Sept

6. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?
Plastic bottles are a disaster for the environment
Reusable water bottles can have harmful effects on the human body
HOW CAN WE TRANSPORT WATER WHILE STILL BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND WITHOUT RISK?

7. SOLUTION: OOHO! THE EDIBLE WATER BOTTLE
Developers Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, Pierre Pasalier, and Guillaume Couche from Skipping Rocks Lab created the “Ooho!”1
The Ooho! is a blob-like sack of water made of biodegradable ingredients
Wow Factor: The Ooho! is edible
1.Waxman, Olivia. "This Edible Water Blob Could Replace Plastic Water Bottles." Time. Time, 27 Mar Web. 29 Sept. 2015
2. Owano, Nancy. "Container Rethink: Ooho Team Cooks up Water Holder." Container Rethink: Ooho Team Cooks up Water Holder. 30 Mar Web. 29 Sept

8. HOW IT’S MADE
The Ooho is made of an originally frozen sphere of ice that is coated in a gel consisting of a compound of sodium alginate from brown algae and calcium chloride.1
1. Owano, Nancy. "Container Rethink: Ooho Team Cooks up Water Holder." Container Rethink: Ooho Team Cooks up Water Holder. 30 Mar Web. 29 Sept <

9. IMPLEMENTATION
The creators of Ooho received a grant from the European Union1
They can also be made at home with DIY recipes1
1. Elvin, George. "Chapter 10: Packaging." Post-petroleum Design. Routlidge, Print.

10. REFERENCES
Waxman, Olivia. "This Edible Water Blob Could Replace Plastic Water Bottles." Time.
Time, 27 Mar Web. 29 Sept <
Owano, Nancy. "Container Rethink: Ooho Team Cooks up Water Holder." Container Rethink: Ooho Team Cooks up Water Holder. 30 Mar Web. 29 Sept <
Elvin, George. "Chapter 10: Packaging." Post-petroleum Design. Routlidge, Print.
Molinaro, Hope. "Plastic Water Bottles Go to Waste, Says Calif. Conservation Agency. (industry News)." Plastics Engineering (2003). Print.
Baumann, Kelly. "Drinking Water." Kaufmann Mercantile. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct
Cooper, JE, EL Kendig, and SM Belcher. "Assessment of Bisphenol a Released from Reusable Plastic, Aluminium and Stainless Steel Water Bottles." Chemosphere (2011): Print.
Ryan, Susan. "Australians Ban Bottled Water." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 9 Aug Web. 29 Sept
Rob. "Debate on Bisphenol-A: A Suspect Chemical in Plastic Containers."Green Guide for Everyday Life. N.p., 26 June Web. 16 Oct. 2015
Paolo, La Mantia Francesco. Recycling of Plastic Materials. Toronto: ChemTec Pub., Print.

11. QUESTIONS?