Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.39
Liaison Dianne Anderson
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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STARS v1.0

New York University
Tier2-9: Reusable Mug Discounts

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Owen Moore
Assistant Vice President
Operations and Business Development, Campus Services
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Does campus dining operations offer discounts to customers who use reusable mugs instead of disposable cups in to-go food service operations?:
Yes

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A brief description of the reusable mug program:
NYU does not offer discounts, but every time a student brings a reusable drink container to either the Kimmel or Weinstein food court, NYU Dining Services donates 5 cents to an environmental nonprofit of his or her choosing, or to the NYU Sustainability Fund to help support future student-led green projects on campus.

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Amount of the discount offered for using reusable mugs:
0.05

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The website URL where information about the reusable mug discount program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We argue that this approach should fulfill the intent of the credit, which is to offer a quantifiable incentive (here, moral rather than financial) to encourage a sustainable behavior.

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