Inanefforttodiscouragepeoplefromusingplastics，scientistshavebeenhardatworkinventingalternativepackagingproducts．Fromwaterbottlesmadefromseaweedtocutlery（餐具）madefromriceandwheat，anumberofinventionsareset
Inanefforttodiscouragepeoplefromusingplastics，scientistshavebeenhardatworkinventingalternativepackagingproducts．Fromwaterbottlesmadefromseaweedtocutlery（餐具）madefromriceandwheat，anumberofinventionsaresettochangethewayweeatwhileweareonthego，orhavingarelaxingpicnicinthepark．
Theideaofusingseaweedtomakeeco-friendly（环保的）waterbottleshasbeenaroundforafewyears．Recently，AriJonssontookhisinvention-awaterbottlemadefromredseaweed-toshowoffatafestival．Thebottleswillonlyholdtheirshapeaslongastheyarefilled．Assoonasthesebottlesareemptytheywillbegintobreakdown，thoughtheywouldbeperfectlysafetoeat．AriJonsson'sbottlesareastepclosertoawidelyusedalternativetothecurrentplasticones．
Theeatablewatercontainerisnottheonlyproducttoaddtoourimageofthefuture．NarayanaPessapatyhasalsocreatedeatablespoons．Afterthesuccessofhisspoons．MrPessapatyisreadytoexpandandintroduceforksandchopstickstohismenu．Hisaimistolargelyreducetheamountofplasticwaste，whichisahugeproblemforwastesitesallovertheworld．Itisaproductthatmaytakeupto500yearstobreakdown，andrecyclingcompaniesworldwidearestrugglingtodealwithit．
Asidefromtheobviousbenefitstotheenvironment，thisnewpackagingisalsocheaptoproduceandthereforecheaptobuy．Evenbetteristhefactthatsimilareatablecutlerycanbemadeathome，possiblyascienceprojectforchildrenorjustfunwithfriends．Whynotgetexperimentingandcreateyourownrecipes？
12．Whydoscientistsinventalternativepackagingproducts？___
A．Tomakepeople'slifemoreconvenient．
B．Toreducetheamountofplasticwaste．
C．Tochargethewaywepicnicoutside．
D．Toshowofftheirinventivetalents．
13．WhatmakesAriJonsson'swaterbottleseco-friendly？___
A．Theycanbemadeathome．
B．Theyarecheaptoproduceandbuy．
C．Theywillholdtheirshapewhentheyarefilled．
D．Theywillbreakdownthemselveswhenempty．
14．WhatdoAriandNarayana'sinventionshaveincommon？___
A．Theyareconvenienttocarry．
B．Theyaresafetoeat．
C．Theycanbeusedfo