Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.22
Liaison Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date March 15, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Princeton University
OP-T2-3: Trayless Dining

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Stuart Orefice
Director, Dining Services
Dining Services
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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

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A brief description of the trayless dining program:
Princeton Dining Services has adopted a "tray-free" dining policy (providing larger plates and glasses and eliminating trays), endorsed by the Princeton Sustainability Committee, and has successfully implemented the program in all six residential dining halls, as well as the Center for Jewish Life and the Graduate College. For all dining halls, tray-free dining has the potential to reduce water and energy costs by $4,000 per year, save up to 1.2 percent on food purchases, reduce food waste by up to 30 percent and avoid more than 23 metric tons of CO2 emissions.

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List the year the program was started:
Sept. 1, 2009

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The overall percentage of meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of meal plan meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of retail facility meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of conference meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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