Gallery: 5 Futuristic Food Wrappers That You Don't Have to Throw Away
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Swedish design duo Tomorrow Machine wants to eliminate food packaging waste.
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The duo have a few inventions that fall under two novel approaches to sustainable packaging: food wrappers that can change shape to double as a dish or bowl, and packaging that’s meant to be composted or washed down the drain.
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The *This Too Shall Pass* concept line includes juice smoothies with algar seaweed packaging (seen here). The package withers and can wash down the drain when the smoothie is gone.
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The rice package can also be composted.
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It peels off, just like an eggshell.
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For the olive oil, Tomorrow Machines designed a wax-coated sugar package.
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It can dissolve into the oil, go into the compost, or wash down the drain.
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Tomorrow Machine’s first invention was the Sustainable Expanding Bowl.
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A biodegradable, cellulose wrapper fits snugly around freeze-dried food. Pour hot water into a spout, and not only will the food insta-cook, the wrapper will blossom open and morph into a bowl.
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Microgarden, which will soon be sold by a small German company online, is a tiny, paper greenhouse that uses agar seaweed to grow micro-greens and herbs.
