Would you?

Have you ever thought about drinking a juice box and then instead of throwing it away, eating the box? Well apparently, according to Harvard University professor and biochemical engineer David Edwards, it can be done.

David Edwards invented containers for food and drinks which can be disposed by eating them. “The idea was to try to create a bottle which was based on how nature creates bottles” Edwards explained. The edible containers are made out of so called “WikiCells”, natural food membranes held together by electrostatic forces. Harvard describes WikiCells as “thin delicious membranes with significant water diffusional resistance and adjoined shells that allow for stability of the WikiCells over long periods of time”. (source)

Edwards thinks that the edible containers will be seen first in restaurants. But the plan is to see them as soon as possible as well in homes and offices, for delivery and purchase in stores. The biodegradable WikiCells can be produced in various sizes and shapes and they can contain solid food as well as liquid.

The idea behind it is to reduce the disposal of plastic, especially in places of the world where the disposal and recycling of plastic still causes human and environmental hazard.

But lets be honest…would you like to go to a restaurant and eat not only the food that you ordered but also the plate it came on? Or would you eat the juice box itself which was shipped from the other side of the country, standing on the supermarket shelf and had been moved and touched by who knows how many people? Of course people are in favor of going green, but would you go this far?