BACKGROUND
Spread of microplastics
Developing countries earn money by accepting microplastic-laden rubbish from developed countries and selling them agricultural and livestock products garbage exported Developing country
Developed country
This project is about the systematic design of a future rubbish city. Starting from researching the survival of ‘Zabbaleen’, I further explored solutions to the problem of microplastics harming the human body in the future.
I designed a microplastic removal system called ‘Pigeon Factory’ to remove microplastics from the bloodstream by extracting moulds from organisms and plants to alleviate the social plastic panic.
The irony of me using religion to balance the relationship between people and the environment, while anxiety needs to be alleviated through infusions, is thought-provoking.
Use of soil and water sources containing microplastics
Export of agricultural and livestock products
Export grain
Products containing microplastics
Insufficient funds and resources to dispose of waste, leading to accumulation of waste and leaching of trace elements into the soil
RESEARCH What are microplastics?
Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants that leach
into the soil from everyday waste and are highly susceptible to environmental uptake and thus enter the human body through the food chain.
1 Resiar aentse enerate d g b g
g
Seafood % 40
Meat
40% Grain
Microplastic
particles
Garbage piled up for a long time and not disposed of
the local population
（Sorting garbage and farming for a living）
Prediction of garbage growth
Microplastics contained in food: Water 10% 20%
20%
Nuts 5%
2020 2030 2050
Others
5%
Harm 3 Microplastics in soil 4 Threaten 5 humanity animals Microplastics cause damage
to plants by clogging the pores of plant seeds
limiting the uptake of water and nutrients
harmful gas
2
Imported garbage
The garbage a sea stork eats every day
75%
2 KM 7000
have microplastics in beef and pork from farms and supermarkets
plastic particles inhaled by people
Access to edible
parts by transpiration pulling force
Access to the water cycle
through groundwater