Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.06
Liaison Dave Barbier
Submission Date March 22, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
IN-32: Single-Use Plastic Ban

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Sergio Romero
Data Analyst
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:
UW Stevens Point Dining and Summer Conferences has banned the sale of single-use plastic water bottles and plastic straws. We have reusable filling stations for students to use and aluminum Open Water/Dasani brand bottles for students to purchase. Compostable take out boxes are also utilized across the campus.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the single-use disposable plastic ban(s) is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This ban is only related to our dining and retail locations managed by dining it currently does not have application with our subcontracted vending services.

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