Did you know than an estimated 3,000,000 golf balls are lost or discarded each year? More often than not they are outdoors, or even worse… in the local pond or lake. Spanish outfit Albus Golf has created a comical ’solution’ to this with their EcobioBall–a biodegradable golfball that is packed with fish food in the [...]
Did you know than an estimated 3,000,000 golf balls are lost or discarded each year? More often than not they are outdoors, or even worse… in the local pond or lake. Spanish outfit Albus Golf has created a comical ’solution’ to this with their EcobioBall–a biodegradable golfball that is packed with fish food in the middle. Consider it a treat to the fish, whose environment you’d otherwise be ruining with that terrible slice! The perfect afternoon snack for the country club’s expensive koi collection.
CNN reports a Danish Research team found it takes a normal golfball 100 to 1,000 years to breakdown and decompose naturally. The EcobioBall trumps this with a biodegradable shell that breaks down in as little as 48 hours. Unfortunately the balls weigh in at 50.5 grams, making them heavier than traditional golf balls (45.93g). We’d also say it’s unfortunate that the balls actually include fish food. Simply being biodegradable would be enough, but Albus CEO Albert Buscato feels differently–”I thought it would be great to have a ball that not only does not pollute the waters, but also gives something back.” Apparently Albert doesn’t get that some will see manmade fish food being added to a natural environment as pollution. You can’t win them all.
Next reefing trend: Reefers save vodka for selves, use golf balls instead. Watch out Bio Pellets…
[Thanks John, via CNN]
