Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.88
Liaison Audrey McSain
Submission Date March 20, 2023

STARS v2.2

Lehigh University
IN-32: Single-Use Plastic Ban

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Katharine Targett Gross
Sustainability Officer
Office of Sustainability
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Has the institution banned or eliminated the on-site sales and distribution of at least one type of single-use disposable plastic?:
Yes

A brief description of the single-use disposable plastics that have been banned or eliminated:
In 2018, Lehigh Dining phased out the use of plastic straws in dining halls and retail locations to eco-friendly paper straws that are chemical-free, BPA-free, toxic-free, FDA approved, and compostable. This transition to zero plastic straws eliminated the approximately 50,000 annual plastic straws that Lehigh was using previously.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the single-use disposable plastic ban(s) is available:
https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/no-more-plastic-straws

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The above data was not impacted by COVID-19 and therefore is representative of a normal year.

https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/no-more-plastic-straws

https://www.mcall.com/news/education/mc-nws-lehigh-plastic-straw-ban-20180830-story.html

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