| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.30 |
| Liaison | Emily Vollmer |
| Submission Date | March 19, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Virginia Tech
OP-T2-3: Trayless Dining
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Rial
Tombes Sustainability Coordinator Dining Services |
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Does the institution have a trayless dining program in which trays are removed from or not available in dining halls?:
Yes
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A brief description of the trayless dining program:
After a post-consumer waste study in the spring of 2008 finding that nearly 30% less food is wasted when trays are not readily offered. As a result, Virginia Tech Dining Services removed trays from our all-you-care-to-eat facilities beginning summer 2008 during the freshman student orientation. The trays were removed during the summer so that incoming freshman students would never “miss” trays when they arrived on campus. Trays are still offered for handicapped guests or other special requests, and are still available at a la carte facilities, where they have never been used on a wide scale.
Washington Post article about trayless dining programs, featuring Virginia Tech: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/17/AR2011021703343.html
Virginia Tech News article about trayless dining: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/06/2008-421.html
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List the year the program was started:
June 1, 2008
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The overall percentage of meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of meal plan meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of retail facility meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The percentage of conference meals served on campus that are trayless:
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The website URL where information about the program is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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