For most of us, eating a juicy and ripe orange will conclude with throwing the peels and gross stringy stuff in the green bin. Eating the peels is an option, but that would be weird.
Seeking to reduce food waste and usher in an era where “sustainable” will stop being an adjective and become the norm, Milan-based Krill Design has devised a new idea for recycling orange peels by 3D printing them into lamps.
Specifically, orange peels were mixed with a biopolymeric base to create a compostable material that is then 3D printed. By utilizing 3D printing technology, the production is zero-waste.
“From the orange-skin pattern, on the outer surface, to the thin layers from 3D printing and its smell, we are reminisced of baking cookies with nonna (grandma) or picking ripe oranges in childhood summers,” says Krill Design.
All images in this article are courtesy of Krill Design.
