Posted on 04/29/2019 11:45:21 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
After the athletes cross the finish and excitement of any marathon has died down, what’s left is an aftermath of waste. Bottles and cups litter the course, raising questions about the environmental impact of the bottles and cups used for hydration and left tossed to the side.
This year, London Marathon officials are implementing measures to cut down on this waste—something they hope to expand upon in the future. They have a goal of zero waste by 2020, so a lot of changes will be made. And it will start with runners eating their water bottles.
Yep, eating their water bottles. But it’s not as gross as it sounds: Runners will be provided with seaweed capsules full of Lucozade Sport, an electrolyte drink, in place of bottles. The Ooho! 30mL capsules, produced by tech startup Skipping Rocks Lab in London, can be bitten into to release the liquid. Then, the capsules themselves can be eaten or spit out, since they are biodegradable.
Though this is not the first time runners have been provided with seaweed capsules instead of single-use cups, this will be the largest trial of the Ooho! capsules, according to race officials.
The seaweed capsules filled with Lucozade Sport will be provided at mile 23. There will be more than 30,000 edible Ooho seaweed capsules, which are biodegradable in four to six weeks if you are a little wary of eating them, according to Lucozade Sport. Additionally, three Lucozade Sport stations will use compostable cups.
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wait until the first runner inhales then dies with one of these pods
I’ll take that bet, because some of them most certainly drive Honda Insights or Chevy Volts instead.
Or worse behind the bushes. Sometimes, in a race, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
Might as well go full “Idiocracy” all over the world.
After all, the USA already had 8 years of President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucKM36YtuXs
I know for sure they got off the Island.
I met Mary Ann in the early 1990’s!
Hmm. You have a point. Probably some womyn with severely cropped hair driving Suburu Foresters in the bunch as well.
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