Design Student Creates Biodegradable Water Bottle from Algae
According to Dezeen, Ari Jónsson, a design student at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, has created a water bottle that decomposes once it's empty, and is thus completely biodegradable. If the bottle is full, it will keep its shape.
"I read that 50 percent of plastic is used once and then thrown away, so I feel there is an urgent need to find ways to replace some of the unreal amount of plastic we make, use and throw away each day," said Jónsson. "Why are we using materials that take hundreds of years to break down in nature to drink from once and then throw away?"
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