Guilty Flavours
Harnessing microbiology to re-engineer plastic waste for human consumption
Our ever-increasing mountain of plastic waste is an insurmountable problem. Plastic production is not decreasing and the current system of recycling is failing to keep up. Guilty Flavours is a radical proposal for how humans can harness our own bodies as machines to eliminate plastic forever – by eating it.
New biochemical processes like digestion enzymes allow humans to safely consume plastic. Starting with vanilla flavour, my research explores how we can harness this process to create fully edible molecules. My work aims to challenge and expand the future of human cuisine and disrupt habitual patterns of thinking.
Eleonora Ortolani
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