Anyone know Tim Robbins’ agent? Maybe we can get Matt Damon down for the cause. You can take a guy out of Cambridge, but you can’t take the Cambridge out of the guy.

Then again, if Brad and Angelina are on board, we’ll have coverage 24-7. I can see it now: Brad and Angelina leaving a restaurant with matching styrafoam take-home boxes as the paparazzi snap picture after picture.

I certainly think that a cleaner / easier way to compost leftovers is a start. The food is still “wasted” technically, but at least it would go into a nice backyard flowerbed instead of the landfill. Everyone recycles now — why can’t they compost as well?

The problem is time. Food waste in our house usually happens when it’s too late. We generally save our leftovers, but if we don’t get to them in time they go bad and the only thing that would want them is the compost heap.

On a larger scale — at restaurants, etc. the key seems to be access and distribution. If they have a predictable, low-cost way to get food they don’t need to people who need it, I expect they’d use it.

On the super large-scale that Luiz describes, perhaps it’s a matter of food storage and transport? I’m fairly uninformed on this topic, but I would assume that part of the problem is that the countries that have excess food cannot efficiently get it to the countries that need it. Are there products that could make it easier to transport (e.g., make food lighter-weight) and/or longer-lasting (i.e., some kind of refrigeration).

I admire Luiz’s goal. I think the biggest thing at this point is awareness (thanks, Jon!). If minimizing food waste can become trendy and then expected (like recycling) I would think you could see some real change.