Replate.org
July 19th, 2007
Do you replate? If you’re looking for a new cause with minimal investment, perhaps you can get behind the movement at Replate.org!
What does it mean to replate? Basically, if you finish a meal at a restaurant with leftover food, you box up the leftovers and place them on top of the nearest trash bin or newspaper dispenser. Homeless folks can then take the food that would have otherwise gone to waste.
According to Replate.org,
We started this project because we noticed that people in West Coast cities and beyond were leaving their leftovers on top of (or next to) garbage cans when they couldn’t find someone to give them to. We thought this behavior was worth talking about, so we gave it a name.
If you’re in a city with a large homeless population, it seems like it might be a decent way to distribute extra food that would otherwise just go to waste.
What do you think — generous gesture or municipal health hazard? Either way, it’s a snappy conversation starter. “Do you replate?”
July 20th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
I think it was yumsugar that did something about this. I would like to have faith in humankind that there would not be people sick enough to abuse this ‘program.’
But overall, I think the concept is great. They are going to look in the trash anyway, so why not make it a little easier and a little more sanitary?