eco-operate .:. replate!

Excerpt from DC San Francisco:

July 13, 2007
Trash Talkers

Maybe it’s time to start talking trash on a whole different level, like SF locals Josh Kamler + Axel Albin. Having observed people leaving restaurant leftovers on top of the nearest trash can (instead of wasting them or letting them rot in the fridge), the professional designers figured it was an idea worth a conversation. So they gave it a name: Replate.

They don’t pretend to have the solution to hunger, homelessness, + food waste, but they’re all for giving, humanity, + common sense. Turns out they’re not alone — the project’s free source posters + stickers (which you can download on their website) are showing up in cities across the country.

They’ve already raised a lot of interesting questions: Should the city get officially involved? Does this really count as activism? + they’re open to suggestions on how to make the movement more effective.

So speak now or forever hold your pizza.

To spread the word, go to replate.org or e-mail leftovers@replate.org.