Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.52
Liaison Geory Kurtzhals
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2014
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University of Notre Dame
OP-T2-3: Trayless Dining

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Geory Kurtzhals
Sr. Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have a trayless dining program in which trays are removed from or not available in dining halls?:
Yes

A brief description of the trayless dining program:

Trays have been removed in many of our dining operations where feasible. In our satellite dining operations we have 5 locations that are completely trayless and the others have trays as an option. In two of the large dining halls trays are optional and we have signage that informs students of the amount of food and beverage waste they are generating each meal and the benefit and savings of being trayless. We also sponsor Waste Free Wednesdays, a program run by students to check the food and beverage waste per person twice yearly and to raise awareness of the issue of food waste on college campuses. We are currently at an all-time low of 2.99 ounces of food waste per person compared to 4.10 ounces per person in 2011.


List the year the program was started:
Jan. 1, 2010

The overall percentage of meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of meal plan meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of retail facility meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of conference meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The website URL where information about the program is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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