This fruit leather isn’t meant to be packed in lunch bags. It’s meant to be the lunch bag. Food waste is a very serious issue, and while some of that waste can be reduced before it gets to the point of being tossed, there’s still bound to be a certain amount of spoiled fruit and vegetables that will have to be disposed of after the fact. Composting the food waste into a valuable soil amendment…
Dutch designers turn food waste into (fruit) leather
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