The average American drinks 8 ounces of bottled water every day, totalling 8 billion gallons of bottled water consumed in the U.S. every year.

Colton Dirksen’s habit was carbonated. So to cut back on the plastic bottles and the transport miles of his fizzy beverage, he bought his own carbonating machine. In this video, he shows us how he makes his seltzers with his Soda Club Penguin.

Warning: the video begins as clean dv video shot in New York and ends as a rather low-budget skype call from Barcelona.

*While Colton chose the $250 Penguin for it’s refillable glass (not plastic) bottles, there are cheaper alternatives- from makers like Liss ($65), iSi ($73.95) and Mr Fizz ($149.50).