Word: traylessism
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...that’s where the biggest bang for the buck is and it’s the most challenging.7. FM: So where does the leftover food from HUDS go?TAM: To the Boston Food Bank.8. FM: Signs in the dining halls recommend that students try “trayless dining.” How does ditching the tray help Harvard’s efforts in sustainability?TAM: People take less food. They take less food and they waste less. They’re a bit more conscious of their choice. And it also saves money, and if you save...
...Education Food Services, a dining company serving about 500 schools nationwide, students waste 25% to 30% less food when they aren't carrying a tray, and dining halls save a third- to a half-gallon of wash water per tray, on average. The University of Maine at Farmington went trayless in February 2007, reporting an overall reduction in food waste of 65,000 pounds and 288,288 gallons of water conserved. Meanwhile, Georgia Tech - which implemented a no-tray program in response to the drought of 2007 - estimated that the university saved 3,000 gallons of water...
Although Quincy House’s “Trayless Thursdays” experiment reduced the amount of waste per meal, the House abandoned the program last week. Quincy’s month-long trayless initiative yielded an average of 1.40 ounces of waste per tray compared to the 1.87 ounces in the four weeks prior—a 22 percent decrease, according to Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) spokewoman Crista Martin. Quincy had trayless Thursdays during its community-only dinners throughout the month of February. While the trayless campaign in Quincy decreased the amount of leftover food, it remains...
...pilot, dubbed “Trayless Thursdays at Quincy” by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), will be an excellent chance for HUDS to show that two of its objectives—making students feel like they are at home and feeding 6400 hungry mouths daily in the most economical and environmentally friendly way—are not fundamentally at odds. The experiment, if paired with sufficient information, will also give students some insight into just how huge an environmental impact the food on their plates...
...while students may feel inconvenienced by trayless dining at first, I hope they will open their minds and consider the benefits associated with that inconvenience. After all, if they had trays at home, they’d probably have to wash them themselves...