No Tray Earth Day
May 1st, 2008 by Jonathan
The 109 schools listed below all went trayless on Earth Day (4/22). That means that they
removed trays from at least one dining hall, cafe, student union or other food service venue to reduce the amount of food waste and energy and water usage.
And these are just the Sodexo-supplied schools (well done!) that went without trays. I’m listing them vertically to illustrate just how many colleges and universities participated (109!). The idea is spreading…
Now, let’s hope many of these schools decide to implement trayless dining in the Fall. To ease student adoption of the idea, the best time to begin is at the beginning of the school year.
Schools Going Trayless–Earth Day 2008
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Academy of Art University
Alliant International University
Bellarmine University
Belmont University
Berea College-Alumni Bldg
California Lutheran University
Carroll College
Central Missouri State University
Centre College
Champlain College
Clinton Community College
Colby Sawyer College
Colorado College Cornell College
Cal State University-Monterey Bay
Delaware Valley College
DePauw University
Drake University
Drexel University
Eastern University
Embry Riddle
Emory University
Florida A&M University
Florida Memorial University
Fort Lewis College
Franklin and Marshall College
George Mason University
Georgetown College
Georgia Institute Of Technology
Georgia State University
Gonzaga University
Hobart & William Smith College
Howard University
Jacksonville State University
Jones County Junior College
Kennesaw State University
Kings College
Lasell College
Le Moyne College
Lee University
Liberty University
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln University
Linfield College
Martin Methodist College
Menlo School and College
Middle Georgia College
Millikin University
Mississippi Delta Community College
Missouri So. State Univ.
Newbury College
North Carolina A&T State
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Wesleyan
Northwestern College
Northwood University
Oklahoma City University
Panola College
Paul Smith’s College
Pfeiffer University
Presbyterian College-Greenville
Rocky Mountain College
Rollins College
Rowan University
Saint Mary’s College
Savannah College
Schreiner University
Seattle Pacific University
South Carolina State University
St Mary’s College (Calif. )
St. Cloud State University
Stillman College
SUNY-New Paltz
SUNY-Oneonta
Texas Christian University
Texas Lutheran University
Texas Southern University
Thomas More College
Transylvania University
Trinity International University
Truman State University
Tulane University
Tusculum College
Tuskegee University
U. Mass-Boston
U. Mass-Dartmouth
University of Alabama-Huntsville
University of North Alabama
University of Tennessee-Martin
University Heights Community Urban
University of Montevallo
University of New England
University of St Francis
University of Tulsa
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
University Southern Indiana
Valdosta State University
Valley Forge Military Academy and College
Villa Julie College
Warren Wilson College
Webster University
West Liberty State College
Western Illinois University
Whitworth College
Wichita State University
Williams Baptist College
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Youngstown State University
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the thought of going tray less scared me at first because I am generally an accident waiting to happen… but when you stop and think about it, going trayless not only saves food, water and energy it also prevents over eating and with obesity rates on the rise in the US how can you not embrace the idea? I think the tray less trend will spread to schools and people will embrace it …
love your blog by the way!
HOW do they do this? Plop all the food in the students’ hands (like mashed potatoes, meat, veggies, etc?) What a mess! Or do they use (gasp!) waxed paper to put the food on? Or do they just ladel the food into open mouths in line, like baby birds?
Why not install one BIG kitchen sink for everybody to lean over as they eat? Come’onnnnnn!!!!
I thought trays were REUSABLE (read: washable) instead of the styrofoam that takes a ba-jillion years to decompose?
What’s next?
They’re called plates. Pretty useful things.
It’s not really trays or Styrofoam. They’re removed the trays and replaced them with…nothing. Asking students to use their legs a bit. Maybe two trips–gasp!
Trays are reusable, but in that reusing, a lot of water is used.
Thanks for reading, I hear you on the Styrofoam.