Ice cream made from polluted wastewater in Taiwan

Three Taiwanese students made ice cream from waste water collected throughout the island to raise public awareness about water pollution.

A group of art students in Taiwan and China collected 100 samples of waste water and turned them into unique ice cream plants in a project to raise environmental awareness, Quartz reported on June 2.

Ice cream sticks are made from waste water.

The project "Polluted ice cream sticks" by three Hungarian girls, Guo Yi-hui and Cheng Yu-ti attracted public attention. After collecting waste water samples with all sorts of dirt, debris or aquatic organisms, the group turned them into ice cream, even designed the packaging and named the "flavor" for each ice cream.

The ice cream contains the top of cigarette butts, snail shells, this piece of scrap paper is on display at an exhibition in Taipei City.

Hung said the purpose of the project is to raise public awareness about water pollution and believe that ice cream made from wastewater has a strong visual impact, making viewers more aware of environmental protection.