Upcycled Food Waste Tableware

Innovation is bringing us new hope

Studio Barbara Gollackner is exhibiting its line of tableware made from industrial and personal food waste at the Vienna Design Week. Gollackner, a Viennese designer, teamed up with Austrian chef and restaurant owner Martin Kilga to create the range.

Aptly dubbed Wasteware, the range includes bowls, plates, and cutlery made from leftover food. The irony in the design concept is apparent; using food waste to consume fresh food creates an unexpected sense of circularity. Moreover, it comments on society's tendency to waste food resources.

Gollackner explains that Europe wastes "90 million tons of food every year ... [and] around 30 million tons of waste from single-use dishes." The design team connected the two issues to make a food waste-based material.