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Catawba College’s cafeteria will no longer use paper, Styrofoam and some plastics

 Jun. 02, 2014

In an effort to become more sustainable, Chartwells food service has announced that its service at Catawba will no longer be using paper, Styrofoam and some plastics.

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UC Davis turns trash into clean energy

 May 22, 2014

Within the dining halls at the University of California, Davis, tossed-out food scraps have recently become empowered—quite literally.

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Maryland schools add eco-friendly lunch trays to cafeterias

May 21, 2014

Luis Pozo’s lunch tray was the size of a notebook, a thin cardboard rectangle he used to carry his noon meal through the cafeteria of Francis Scott Key Middle School in Silver Spring.

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Non-commercial foodservice operators win big at restaurant show

May 19, 2014

Several non-commercial foodservice operators were honored this weekend at the 2014 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago.

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BHSU first university, third restaurant in state to earn green certification

May 13, 2014

Black Hills State University’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and become a “green” campus is being recognized nationally.

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Mulling over millennials

May 10, 2014

Food and beverage product development company, CCD Innovation, has compiled findings from a recent study on Gen Y college students, which the company presented at the Research Chefs Association Annual Expo in March.

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Technology encourages recycling

May 10, 2014

To enhance our recycling program on campus, we sell reusable beverage cups for use in the new Marketplace in the student union. Each cup is embedded with an RFID chip that allows students to obtain prepaid refills from our Freestyle Coke machines.

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Reusable container program meets health department rules

Apr. 24, 2014

Students at Virginia Tech can now choose a reusable to-go container rather than a foam one at the West End, one of the campus’s 11 dining halls.

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NACFUS announces 2014 Sustainability Awards winners

Apr. 21, 2014

The National Association for College and University Foodservice (NACUFS) has named the winners of the 2014 Sustainability Awards.

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Sustainability initiatives

Apr. 21, 2014

Recycling and waste reduction are the two sustainability initiatives that operators use. Nearly every college recycles (95%), making it the segment that employs this tactic the most. Nursing homes/long-term care and senior living are the most likely segments to not employ any of these environmentally friendly programs, at 14%.

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