Dining Services has been a long-time campus advocate of environmental sustainability concepts, including
recycling.
Some of our recycling initiatives include:
- Recycling cardboard, glass, plastic, and metal cans in all of our facilities
- Teaching new employees the procedures and value of recycling
- Collecting and recycling pizza boxes at the Niche Pizza Co. through a partnership with the Office of Sustainability
- Send off all used cooking oil to be recycled
- Recycling our office supplies, including all inkjet and toner cartridges
- Purchasing office paper with a minimum of 30% recycled content
- Providing on-campus collection sites for recycling cardboard, newspapers, plastic, and aluminum
Dining Services also composts food waste from its dining commons and retail operations and has substantial reduction efforts.