Increasingly, colleges and universities are eliminating dining hall trays to cut down on food waste. Here’s a somewhat chronological list of who’s doing what:
St. Joseph’s College (ME)–Started the whole thing (blog)
Colby College (ME)–”Trayless Thursdays” for the last few years
Northwood University (FL)–Trayless since Fall 2006
San Francisco State (CA)–eliminated trays (blog)
Middlebury College (VT)–Trayless since Fall 2007
University of Central Oklahoma–Trayless for October, 2007 (blog)
Tulane University (LA)–Every meal, every day, starting in 2008
Alfred University (NY)–Trayless across campus, starting in 2008
UC Santa Cruz (CA)–One day, Jan. 29, 2008
Harvard (MA)–One dining hall, four nights in February, 2008 (blog)
University of Connecticut–One dining hall in February, 2008 (blog)
Morrisville State College (NY)–Optional for February, 2008 (blog)
Ohio University–Experimented with it, February, 2008 (blog)
San Diego State (CA)–Fridays starting in March, 2008
Columbia University (NY)–weekly pilot program, spring semester, 2008
Williams College (MA)–weekly program, started March, 2008 (blog)
University of New Hampshire–weekly program, spring semester, 2008
Elon College (NC)–Trayless across campus, February, 2008
Palm Beach University (FL)–trayless campus, gave away trays.
University of Florida–one-week experiment, April 2008
William & Mary (VA)–trayless experiment, spring 2008
Wartburg College (IA)–one week experiment, March-April 2008
University of Alaska Fairbanks–one week experiment, March 2008
University of Montana–Missoula–pilot project, April 2008
Virginia Tech–one-week experiment, April 2008
University of Kansas–Earth Day trial, April 2008
Drexel University (PA)–”Trayless Tuesdays,” started April 2008
Western Washington University–Earth week experiment, April 2008
Luther College (IA)–Trayless Week, April 2008
I’ve heard that these schools have gone trayless, but I can’t find links:
Dartmouth College (NH)
Skidmore College (NY)
University of Pennsylvania
Evergreen State College (WA)–trayless during Earth Week 2008
the university of alaska fairbanks (UAF) went trayless for a week in March this year. I think it was last week… but I don’t have a meal plan, so I wasn’t paying much attention to the project. I can’t find any documentation online, but I’ll keep looking. It might show up in the student paper this week.
www.uaf.edu/food is dining services’ website.
~andrea
Thanks, Andrea. I’ll be on the lookout and please do let me know if you see anything online.
The University of Montana - Missoula is unrolling a Trayless Pilot Project in their all-you-can-eat venue, The Food Zoo, as part of the Earth Week Celebrations starting April 21st. More information at University Dining Services webpage: http://ordway.umt.edu/sa/uds/
Drexel University, Trayless Tuesdays started this month
The Evergreen State College is testing Going Tray-less for Earth Week as a part of the Green Thread Program that has just recently been adopted in Food Service. We plan to test Tray-less this week to see if it’s feasible to go completely tray-less for the next academic year.
Western Washington University went trayless for earthweek
Jack…
Nice Site. Keep up the good work….