考研英语阅读基础练习：可以吃的饮料容器

Runners in a half-marathon in London on March 1might be a little confused at the water stations,where instead of getting water in a plastic cup orbottle, they'll be handed an edible water-filled pod.

3月1日在伦敦举行的半程马拉松比赛上，选手们来到水站后可能会有些困惑，因为水站给他们发的不是杯装或瓶装的水，而是装了水的可以食用的容器。

The package, which is also compostable, is madefrom seaweed and plant extracts. You simply bite thecorner off and drink.

该包装是用海藻和植物提取物制成的，而且它也是可以降解的。你只需要咬掉包装的一角，就可以饮用了。

"What we want to do is have a bulletproof solution—regardless of where it ends up, ourpackaging will not create negative consequences," says Pierre-Yves Paslier, cofounder of Notpla,the startup that makes the packaging. "If nature can deal with it if it ends up in the wrongplace, that's the ultimate kind of protection."

生产这种包装的是一家初创公司Notpla(替代包装专 家)，该公司联合创始人皮埃尔-伊夫·帕索耶表示，“我们想要提供的是一种无懈可击的方案，也就是说，不论我们的包装最终到了哪里，它都不会带来负面影响。如果它最终被丢到了错误的场所，大自然也可以把它处理掉，这就是最终的保护措施。”