Making Wasted Uneaten Food a Thing of the Past in Argentina
Making Wasted Uneaten Food a Thing of the Past in Argentina
Translation posted 11 February 2016 19:18 GMT
Volunteers with Proyecto Plato Lleno. Image used with permission.
The Proyecto Plato Lleno (Full Plate Project) is a volunteer initiative in Argentina that rescues unconsumed food at different events, receptions, and parties that would otherwise end up in the trash bin. The group has already collected 24,000 kilos (26.5 tons) of food, which has gone to fill 48,000 plates and the same number of hungry bellies.
The project started during a chat between two friends. Alexis Vidal, an event designer, and Paula Martino, who worked at a sustainable events agency, realized that there is a lot of unconsumed food that's thrown away when events have finished, so they decided to do something about it. The result was the Full Plate Project, created in 2013.
According to the project's Facebook page:
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The project is the product of an alliance […] to organize events with a sustainable approach, to the question “what could we do with the food that nobody eats at events (and there is a lot of it) that always ends up in the trash bin?”
Little by little, this 100-percent volunteer project came together, so prepared food that goes uneaten at various events can be sent to institutions, diners, and so on. The key for that was … THE WILL TO DO IT!
https://globalvoices.org/2016/02/11/making-wasted-uneaten-food-a-thing-of-the-past-in-argentina/
Environment & Energy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112796807
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