Sushi wrapped in shopping bags and beer frothing with styrofoam bubbles are among the unappetising images in Sweet Sneak Studio's Microplastic Photo Series that explore the impacts of plastic pollution.
The Dutch food design studio teamed up with photographer Morten Bentzon for the series, which features eight different foods that tend to contain microplastics ? the sub-five-millimetre pieces that remain after plastic waste degrades.
Sweet Sneak Studio undertook the project to raise awareness of the ways that commonly used plastics such as grocery bags and cling wrap re-enter the food chain. They also wanted to bust the myth that seafood is the only culprit.

"Eventually, microplastics move all the way up to the top of the food chain and end up on our plates," they said. "Even water is affected when bought in returnable plastic bottles as the bottles have the highest content of microplastic. Scientists have also found microplastics in beer, honey and sea salt."

Accordingly, each of their photos showcases one of these foods, always centred in the frame and portrayed against a brightly coloured, flat background.
The sushi roll photo replaces the usual seaweed wrap with blue and grey plastic grocery bags, while the image of a glass of beer has styrofoam beads in place of its frothy head.

Another photo shows oyster shells filled with scrunched cling wrap, while a tin with the lid peeled back reveals a coffee cup lid and other plastic scraps where you would...