【零廢棄生活】萬用精華液Zero Waste Essential

回收塑膠瓶+廚房生廚餘= 零廢棄生活精華液

Recycle Plastic Bottles +Fruit Peels= Zero Waste Essential

洗頭洗澡、洗衣拖地、化妝水護髮水、廚房浴室清潔、空氣清淨芳香、澆花種菜！全部靠這一瓶搞定！

I use this essential for body wash, hair wash, skincare, conditioner, laundry, mopping, cleaning, air freshener, gardening fertilizer.

這瓶精華液其實就是坊間說的『環保酵素稀釋液』啦！很多人爭議其實他不一定有酵素的成分，且訪間的環保酵素把神話化也引起了很多反對聲音。但客觀來看，其實這種發酵液就跟 〝醋 〞是差不多的意思。平常使用的清潔醋，現在把廚房生廚餘再利用來發酵，且也能增加塑膠瓶再利用的機會呢！

People called it “Garbage Enzyme “. Not sure if it is an enzyme, but what I know it’s that it's pretty much like"vinegar". And this home-made essential helps to reduce kitchen waste and reuse plastic bottles.

作法很簡單

水：黑糖：果皮=10:1:3

如果是一瓶1000ml 的容器，請裝600c.c的水和60克的黑糖，再收集約180克的果皮。水的容量抓容器的六成，保留空間給發酵氣體。瓶蓋不要蓋緊，以利發酵氣體可以排出。

How to make it:

Fruits peels: brown sugar: water: 3:1:10

For example, a1000ml bottle with 600c.c water, 60g brown sugar, and 180g fruit peels will be good. Leave some room for ferment gas. Don’t close the lid tide to allow the gas release from the bottle.

我喜歡用鳳梨檸檬柑橘蘋果來發酵水，熟成後不會有醋的刺鼻味，而是滿滿果香味。像香蕉皮會有濃厚的泡泡糖味，葡萄也有尖銳的味道，葉菜類會有客家福菜味。蘆筍倒就是蘆筍汁的味道，也還算喜歡。熟成的果皮發酵水應該在PH值4以下，很酸，請稀釋。

I like to use the waste of pineapple, orange, lime, lemon, and apple because they smell the best. After 3 months fermentation, it will become under PH4, then it’s ready to use. And, please dilute it! It’s super acid!

但其實我用過研究環保酵素二十幾年的專家做出來的環保酵素。他用的生廚餘種類繁多，但是經過積年累月的發酵後，發酵水的味道是非常甘順的。發酵後的果皮還是可以做堆肥，而且更容易被分解。最近也很流行果皮自釀氣泡飲，如果把果皮發酵成環保酵素之前，先釀造喝一輪，那就是一皮三用了呢！

If you are a fan of making your peel drink, you can ferment your drink before making this zero waste essential. After all the fermentation process is all finished, those peels are very easy to compost and become black gold soil for gardening.