Until recently, humans assumed that styrofoam was not digestible by any living organism, but in 2015 a group of scientists announced that mealworms can eat and digest styrofoam.
I collaborated with mealworms to create these unique stryrofoam forms.
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Until recently, humans assumed that styrofoam was not digestible by any living organism, but in 2015 a group of scientists announced that mealworms can eat and digest styrofoam. I collaborated with mealworms to create these unique styrofoam forms.