Water bottle made from algae could save 50 billion plastic bottles a year from our landfills

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  Recently, product design student Ari Jonsson showcased his new project at this year’s DesignMarch, Reykjavik’s annual design festival. His project combined red algae powder with water to create a biodegradable water bottle. “Why are we using materials…

New edible water blobs are an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic bottles

BY: DANIEL KORN Everyone pretty much agrees that bottled water is awful. Aside from the ludicrousness of being sold a natural resource for 1,000 times the cost of getting it from a tap, the phenomenon comes with an astounding number…