← RETURN TO MAIN TOPIC

Plastivore – Plastic fueling the Ecosystem!

Plastivore is a speculative design project which explores a more alternative way to take care of our plastic problem. In 2050 Plastivore imagines a future where through advanced biotechnology humanity find a symbiotic solution with flora and fauna around us to rid our world of plastic waste.

Through exploring and expanding signals from today, like newly discovered ability of worms, fungii and bacteria being able to metabolize plastic, we imagine a world where a biotech company named “Plastivore” synthesizes an enzyme that if sprayed on plastic, it helps break down plastic waste in to metabolizable and nutritious nourishment and makes it edible for all animals and microbes.

With further infrastructure Plastivore constructed are followed: urban feeding stations, marine plastic spraying robots and consumable enzyme spray bottles. Plastivore is a provocative lens into futures shaped by today's environmental and technological signals, showing how humans can turn their waste into an important part of multiple ecosystems.

← RETURN TO MAIN TOPIC