grazie mille. - ciao. grazie. grazie. - rebecca is not a chef. she's not a policy maker. she is, however, a very concerned citizen. seeing people rummage through trash consisting mostly of perfectly edible food, discarded at the end of each day, well, that bugged her. how could so much food go to waste? so she asked the merchants if she could collect their unsold produce and distribute it to the people of the neighborhood. simple as that. it all began in one small market and now recup, that's the name of the project, has spread to 11 of milan's numerous markets. ciao! this one? yes. when we have a cargo bike, it'll be easier. do your volunteers have a relationship with the merchants here? do they know each other? oh, that's recup. they're coming here now. yes, they know, because at the beginning, when we decided to start covering the market, we just came and explained the project to all the merchants. if you want, the next week we'll start and we'll come to you. the market sellers think they can't sell this. they can't sell it, but it doesn't mean the food is not edible.