From rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic
On bad days, when his employer made some excuse for not paying him his paltry daily wage, Ram Yadav’s main meal used to be dry chapatis, with salt and raw onion for flavour. Sometimes he just went hungry. For a ragpicker like him, one of the thousands of Indians who make a living bringing in plastic waste for recycling, eating in a cafe or restaurant was the stuff of fairytales.
But last week, Yadav was sitting at a table at the Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, over a piping hot meal of dal, aloo gobi, poppadoms and rice. He earned the food in exchange for bringing in 1kg of plastic waste. “The hot meal I get here lasts me all day. And it feels good to sit at a table like everyone else,” he said.
Opened in October by the Ambikapur municipal corporation, the cafe is designed both to encourage awareness about the need to collect and remove plastic waste and to give a meal to anyone – ragpicker, student or civic-minded individual – who does so. The tagline? “More the waste, better the taste.”
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019 ... or-plastic
ពីសំរាមទៅអង្ករ: ហាងកាហ្វេដែលផ្តល់អាហារជាថ្នូរប្លាស្ទិច
នៅថ្ងៃមិនល្អនៅពេលដែលនិយោជិករបស់គាត់បានដោះសារខ្លះចំពោះការមិនបង់ប្រាក់ឈ្នួលប្រចាំថ្ងៃរបស់គាត់អាហារដ៏សំខាន់របស់រ៉ាមយ៉ាដាវធ្លាប់ជាខ្ទះស្ងួតដែលមានអំបិលនិងខ្ទឹមបារាំងឆៅសម្រាប់រសជាតិ។ ពេលខ្លះគាត់ទើបតែឃ្លាន។ ចំពោះជនខិលខូចដូចគាត់ជនជាតិឥណ្ឌាម្នាក់ក្នុងចំណោមប្រជាជនឥណ្ឌារាប់ពាន់នាក់ដែលរកស៊ីចិញ្ចឹមជីវិតដោយយកកាកសំណល់ប្លាស្ទិចសម្រាប់កែឆ្នៃបរិភោគនៅហាងកាហ្វេឬភោជនីយដ្ឋានគឺជារបស់របស់រឿងនិទាន។
ប៉ុន្តែកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន Yadav បានអង្គុយនៅតុមួយនៅហាងកាហ្វេសំរាមក្នុងតំបន់ Ambikapur ក្នុងរដ្ឋ Chhattisgarh ជុំវិញការទទួលទានអាហារក្តៅ ៗ ជាមួយឌលអាល់ហ្គូបអាយផូផូបនិងអង្ករ។ គាត់រកបានម្ហូបជាថ្នូរនឹងការយកកាកសំណល់ប្លាស្ទិច ១ គីឡូក្រាម។ “ អាហារក្តៅដែលខ្ញុំទទួលបាននៅទីនេះជួយខ្ញុំពេញមួយថ្ងៃ។ ហើយវាមានអារម្មណ៍ល្អក្នុងការអង្គុយនៅតុដូចអ្នកដទៃទៀតដែរ” ។
បានបើកនៅខែតុលាដោយសាជីវកម្មក្រុង Ambikapur ហាងកាហ្វេនេះត្រូវបានរចនាឡើងទាំងពីរដើម្បីលើកទឹកចិត្តដល់ការយល់ដឹងអំពីតម្រូវការក្នុងការប្រមូលនិងយកកាកសំណល់ប្លាស្ទិកចេញនិងដើម្បីផ្តល់អាហារដល់នរណាម្នាក់ - ragpicker និស្សិតឬបុគ្គលដែលមានគំនិតពលរដ្ឋ - ដែលធ្វើដូច្នេះ។ ស្លាកនេះ? កាកសំណល់កាន់តែច្រើនរសជាតិកាន់តែល្អ។
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019 ... or-plastic
The cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic ពីសំរាមទៅអង្ករ: ហាងកាហ្វេដែលផ្តល់អាហារជាថ្នូរប្លាស្ទិច
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Is this an old idea, so nobody cares to comment? Or they just don't like the idea of eating at the same place as an adjay?
How's the Khmer Google translation? Is it as bad as the other way round?
How's the Khmer Google translation? Is it as bad as the other way round?
Up the workers!
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