Waste Management
Recycle Collection – Diverted from Trash
- Pre-consumer vegetable and fruit peelings - composted in campus garden
- Cardboard
- Plastic Bottles
- Glass
- Aluminum Cans
- Milk Containers
- Cooking Oil – used as alternative fuel
- Coffee Grounds
- Tin Cans
- Office Paper
- Newspapers
- Register Receipts
Purchasing
- Uniforms – USA made
- Reduced Vendor trips to campus
- Biodegradable cleaning chemicals
- Local and organic produce
Energy Management
- Freudian Sips – Container rinse sink adapters to reduce water consumption
- Burger King – Flex Broiler – cycles on & off requiring less energy
- Arbor Grill – passive hood system and lighting system
- Mister System – to cool outdoor areas (versus cost of air conditioning an indoor area)
- Electric Carts – transporting food and staff
- Tray less – Residential Dining – resulting in less food waste, waters, and energy to clean.
- Equipment – turned on just in time
- Energy efficient lights – replaces incandescent
- Energy Star equipment when replacements are needed
Renewable Resources
- Disposable paper products
- Franchise units exempt