| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.09 |
| Liaison | Jen Crothers |
| Submission Date | Aug. 2, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of British Columbia
OP-T2-12: Reusable To-Go Containers
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Loriann
McGowan Director, Food Service Operations UBC Food Services |
Does campus dining operations provide reusable containers for to-go food that are returned for cleaning and reuse?:
A brief description of the reusable to-go container program:
In order to encourage the use of alternatives to take-out containers and plastic cutlery, Food Services distributes a reusable container to each resident at Totem and Place Vanier Residence. Students can take advantage of the 15 cent discount for using reusable containers, and avoid the 35 cent charge for the purchase of a disposable container; this works out to a 50 cent saving at each use. Food Services has also launched a container exchange program for all campus outlets. http://www.food.ubc.ca/sustainability/eco-to-go
Although the AMS has offered personal container discounts for many years, the AMS does not offer the exchange program that Food Services has implemented in their dining halls. There are a broad range of sustainable initiatives, as it relates to take-out ware, that the AMS plans on implementing in the new Student Union Building which opens September 2014.
The website URL where information about the reusable to-go container program is available:
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