The Bad News? The World Will Begin Running Out of Water By 2050. The Good News? It’s Not 2050 Yet

He warned the group that by 2050, we won’t have enough fresh water for the people who need it.
The UN, and other global organizations, have been warning us of water shortages by 2050 for years — if not decades.
Among other statements, then-UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon warned of water shortages in 2050 and the risk of conflict in November 2016.
In 2010, the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) called for lowering consumption of meat and dairy to protect future water reserves, stating that the population of nine billion people expected in 2050 cannot eat the way we do now and have enough water for everyone.
A full 16 years ago, in 2001, the UN Population Fund warned that the world will begin to run out of fresh water by 2050, and UNFPA’s World Population Report from 1992 also warns of water shortages by 2050.
Water shortages bring health risks beyond the danger of violent conflict over water resources.
In addition to conflict and hunger, water shortages bring disease.
Fairer, more equitable cooperation between countries would reduce the number of people in poor countries left without access to clean water.
This makes more of our existing water supplies available for human use like bathing and drinking.
It’s a rare global health problem that has an obvious individual response, but global water scarcity is one of them.

Opinion: Is bottled water worth it?

Tap water is free!” Bruce just started an $11-an-hour job.
It’s vital.
“So is water from the faucet,” said I.
“The water from the tap has all sorts of chemicals in it.” “The water in bottles is tap water!” an older shelter guest chimed in, laughing heartily.
He added that “bottled water is not, on average, any cleaner or safer to drink than tap water.” Where bottled and tap are not equal is in the realm of pollution.
Producing a bottle of water actually uses about six times more water than is contained in the bottle itself.
And then there’s the energy used to make the bottle, make the label, fill the bottle and transport it (sometimes across entire oceans).
“So if you need the convenience of a water bottle,” I said to Bruce, “or if you love that particular bottle, at least reuse it.
Remember, Cervin added, we’re not eating the bottle; “we’re merely using it as a vessel to consume a beverage.” I didn’t have all this info at my fingertips at the shelter, but I did have some paper, so I taught Bruce and his friend how to make an origami cup the next time they are thirsty and don’t want to spend $3.
Then we filled the cups with tap water, toasted to better times and drank deep.

Would you eat your water bottle if that would save the planet?

Would you eat your water bottle if that would save the planet?.
With an edible water bottler, for instance, consumers can experience the immediate satisfaction of doing their part to reduce waste – a step beyond tossing recyclables into a bin and hoping they end up where they are supposed to.
“If you buy a plastic bottle that is made of 30 percent less plastic, you really don’t experience your contribution to a greener society, whereas if you ‘eat’ your water bottle, you’re actually reminding yourself and consciously thinking of this step that you’re taking to be sustainable, to be greener, and that could have a more positive impact on the consumer.” And without the need to open something or throw the container away after consumption edible packaging also gains another advantage: convenience.
In some cases, edible food wrappings have been so accepted by mainstream consumers no one ever gives them a second thought, such as the ubiquitous ice cream cone or a popular Japanese candy that comes wrapped in edible rice paper.
“I mean there has always been this notion of … something around the [food] product that is edible,” says Bernd Schmitt, a marketing professor at Columbia Business School in New York City.
However, Elizabeth Minton, an expert in pro-social marketing from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo., says sustainable innovations like edible water bottles could easily build up following – if consumers are given a chance to try it out at events like athletic events or summer concerts.
“With a lot of these really new products, if you can get it involved in some kind of event-based marketing that is already using your product, you can get it to big audience,” says Ms. Minton.
Follow Stories Like This Sign Up Considering the mental barriers to accepting a new product like Ooho, Coary says these products with edible food packaging will probably only appeal to a small fragment of consumers who are "trying to lessen their impact on the earth when it comes to waste."
"I do see growing steam in these companies increasing in revenue and having growth in the next few years," he says.
"But would I see this is kind of overtaking our traditional water bottle in the next 10 years?

Bottled water: Is it all the same?

Bottled water: Is it all the same?.
“People never tend to read water composition since we all know the importance of water and that a person can live 40 days without eating but never without drinking,” she said.
Each element in different brands of bottled water is important for the body, she adds.
According to Nadine, even though sodium in drinking water contributes only a small fraction of a person’s overall sodium intake, it is highly recommended to drink water low in sodium content.
“It is for nutrition’s best sake to choose water rich in calcium and magnesium but low in sodium.
Since our diet is very high in salt, it is recommended to drink water with sodium content lower than 20 mg/L.
Gulf News looked at the composition of six different brands of bottled waters sold in the UAE and found that each contained a certain level of sodium.
Most of them had sodium that was less 20mg/L.
Nadine recommended such volumes for those who want to reduce their sodium intakes.
Excess sodium consumption from eating a meal high in salt can increase the body’s water content which can show up on the scale, but the body sheds the excess over the next day or so as the sodium is excreted.

the ooho! edible water bubble gets set to replace plastic bottles

the ooho!
edible water bubble gets set to replace plastic bottles.
the london-based sustainable packaging start-up want to transfer from simply selling their water bubbles from pop-ups to challenging plastic waste on a global scale, piloting their water bubbles at major sporting events in 2018. ooho!
is a bubble designed by skipping rocks lab that encircles drinking water within an edible membrane made from from a natural seaweed extract.
the team behind ooho!
skipping rocks lab has been founded by RCA and imprerial college london masters graduates in innovation design engineering.
skipping rocks lab intend to pilot ooho!
with a huge 750,000 bottles of water being handed out at the marathon alone, it’s easy to see what an impact the biodegradable bubble will have on plastic waste.
the team at skipping rocks lab—made up of chemists, engineers, designers and business advisors–are continuing to pioneer the use of seaweed in other packaging uses, with a mission to become the leading global producer of seaweed-based packaging.
bubble in london pop-ups

Eat This Water Bottle, Quench Your Thirst

Eat This Water Bottle, Quench Your Thirst.
Thirsty?
Pop this edible water balloon into your mouth and swallow the whole thing — no plastic, no waste.
Something’s gotta give.
Upstart renewal packaging manufacturer Skipping Rocks Labs believes it has the answer: Biodegradable “bottles” you can eat.
As the ice melts, the membrane stays intact, creating a gelatinous, contained ball of water.
While the Ooho is edible, it’s not necessary to eat it.
The algae membrane decomposes in four to six weeks.
The best news for eco- and thrift-conscious consumers is that Ooho claims to be cheaper than a plastic bottle.
At this point, Ooho uses five times less CO2 and nine times less energy to produce than PET.