Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.73
Liaison Sean MacInnes
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
OP-T2-11: Reusable Container Discounts

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Anneliese Hitcho
Student Worker
Office of Sustainability
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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:
The "Project Green Thumb" refillable mug program gives customers a discount on coffee and soda refills while protecting the environment by reducing the amount of disposables utilized on campus. Mugs are sold in retail dining locations.

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Amount of the discount offered for using reusable mugs:
0.56

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Description of other reusable food- or beverage-related programs (e.g. incentives for use of reusable bags, dishware, to-go containers):
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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:
Mug refills are $0.99, which represents a $0.56 discount per cup. Information provided by Kevin Deans, Executive Director of UNCG Dining Services.

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