jess fleet, ryan jones and will overman – green my plate

Melbourne, VIC

It began with an idea. One that bubbled up as three mates sat down over a beer and discussed the waste involved with putting on an event, and the very limited solutions to the ongoing problem. With Jess a passionate eco-warrior who had worked within sustainability at festivals in the past, the idea had been brewing for some time, aided by the frustration of constantly seeing huge amounts of single-use rubbish spewing out of bins, on the ground, and in drains at multiple events.

A few texts later, the three of us decided it was a no-brainer to pursue the project. The concept grew organically: a WhatsApp group was created and we quickly designed a system that was simple and effective, while never compromising the customer experience.

Armed with reusable plates, bowls and cutlery, we’re a sustainable service aimed at eliminating single-use food packaging from events. But we’re not just supplying plates and forks. We also set up wash stations to clean our bamboo plates on-site, preparing them for reuse while counting the number of plates being saved from landfill. We’re declaring a war on food waste, also – saving the scraps that come off the plates from landfill by taking them to local composting facilities, where waste is turned into healthy soil to put back into the Earth.

To date, we have saved 2,601 plates from landfill, having serviced three events with more in the pipeline.

greenmyplate.com.au