Chitofoam: Packaging Derived from Plastic Digestion

A food and packaging design derived from the biodigestion of styrofoam by the small, but mighty, mealworm. Chitofoam is a biological plastic to replace polystyrene that is derived from the mealworm’s exoskeleton. Chitofoam is fully backyard-compostable by all six standards. After being selected for the Lexus Design Award 2022, Chitofoam evolved into a larger systems design, including Chitofarm: a first-of-its-kind biodigestor for plastic waste.