Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 83.26
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date Feb. 12, 2014
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STARS v1.2

American University
OP-T2-3: Trayless Dining

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Chris O'Brien
Director of Sustainability
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:

A survey conducted in 2009 by students in a Seminar in Environmental Issues (ENVS-102) showed that removing cafeteria trays reduced food waste per person by 32%.
As a result of these findings, trays were eliminated in the fall of 2009 in the Terrace Dining Room. In 2011 our Tenley Campus dining room also removed all trays. No trays are used in other food venues or events on campus.


List the year the program was started:
Aug. 25, 2009

The overall percentage of meals served on campus that are trayless:
100

The percentage of meal plan meals served on campus that are trayless:
100

The percentage of retail facility meals served on campus that are trayless:
100

The percentage of conference meals served on campus that are trayless:
100

The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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