| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.39 |
| Liaison | Mary Whitney |
| Submission Date | Sept. 25, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Chatham University
OP-T2-3: Trayless Dining
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Mary
Whitney University Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have a trayless dining program in which trays are removed from or not available in dining halls?:
A brief description of the trayless dining program:
Chatham ran a pilot program called “Trayless Tuesdays” in 2008 and it was so successful that they fully implemented a completely trayless system in 2009. Currently 99% of all meals served on campus are trayless. This includes meal plan meals, retail facility meals, and conference meals. The new system appears to have no disadvantages. In addition to using less water, soap, and labor to clean the trays Chatham has seen enormous reductions in post-consumer food waste. Before the trayless system was used, dining hall patrons filled four to five 55-gallon containers with food waste per meal period. After going trayless only half of one 55-gallon container is filled per meal.
List the year the program was started:
The overall percentage of meals served on campus that are trayless:
The percentage of meal plan meals served on campus that are trayless:
The percentage of retail facility meals served on campus that are trayless:
The percentage of conference meals served on campus that are trayless:
The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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