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DIY: Edible Water Bottles

DIY: Edible Water Bottles. And why we need them. Did You Know?. Making water bottles for America alone uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year Last year in America, only 1.8% of water bottles used were recycled

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DIY: Edible Water Bottles

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  1. DIY: Edible Water Bottles And why we need them

  2. Did You Know? • Making water bottles for America alone uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year • Last year in America, only 1.8% of water bottles used were recycled • One water filter pitcher can replace up to 300 standard water bottles • Plastic water bottles take over 1,000 years to bio-degrade and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes • 90% of the cost of bottled water is just the bottle • 38 million water bottles go to the dump per year in America http://greenupgrader.com/3258/plastic-bottle-facts-make-you-think-before-you-drink/ http://www.banthebottle.net/bottled-water-facts/ http://thewaterproject.org/bottled_water_wasteful

  3. What You’ll Need • 1g of sodium alginate • 5g of calcium lactate • 3 bowls • 1 with 4 cups of water • 1 with 1 cup of drinking water • 1 with 1 cup of water • A hand mixer • A curved spoon (small measuring spoon works best) • A slotted spoon Both easily found online

  4. Steps • Add the sodium alginate to your bowl of drinking water and mix with the hand mixer. Set it aside for 15 minutes to make sure there are no air bubbles. • Add the calcium lactate to the 4 cups of water. Stir well. • With the curved spoon, scoop up some of the sodium alginate solution and add it to the calcium lactate solution. Stir gently for 3 minutes. • Carefully remove the water bubbles from the calcium lactate solution with the slotted spoon. • Rinse them in the final bowl of water and enjoy

  5. Video Example • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLjzsfgk198

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