Seaweed pouches will replace thousands of plastic bottles at the London marathon. The edible pods biodegrade within six weeks if they're not eaten — a far cry from the 450 or more years it takes a plastic bottle to decompose.
More than 41,000 people will run the London Marathon on Sunday. When they reach mile 23, they'll be handed edible pods made of seaweed extracts instead of a plastic water bottle. It's one way race organizers are hoping to reduce the huge amount of plastic waste generated during the endurance run. They want to cut the number of plastic bottles used by 200,000.The Ooho seaweed capsules are made by a London-based startup called Skipping Rocks Lab.
All water bottles handed out this year will be at least partially made of recycled plastic, and the discarded containers will be recycled.Hugh Brasher, the event director, said London Marathon wants to be leading the way in sustainability. "The changes and the trials we're introducing for this year have the potential to change how mass participation events are delivered in future," he added.
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