"Fruit Peel Transformed: Italian Designers Craft Furniture Masterpieces"

Milan-based company Krill Design is creating furniture products made from a patented plastic-like biomaterial named Rekrill, which is fully organic, biodegradable, and can be reused and recycled. Using fruit peel, orange seeds, and coffee ground waste collected from businesses in Italy, Krill's designs include bookends, stools, clocks, bowls, and lamps. The company aims to reduce waste and carbon emissions by repurposing food waste that would otherwise be incinerated or dumped in landfills. While Rekrill is more expensive than common plastic, Krill hopes that as awareness of the environmental impact of unsustainable plastics grows, the material will become more widely used.