When you were going through school, did you ever think about the cafeteria trays? Trays have been a hot topic in university cafeterias recently. Many colleges and universities have been going trayless over the past couple of years. In fact, several of them started their 'no tray' policy on Earth Day this year.
There are two main arguments for going trayless: it leads to less food waste by students as well as less water waste in cleaning the trays. According to CNN, colleges in drought-stricken states are more concerned about the water waste. Fifty to 60% percent of colleges served by Aramark are getting rid of trays, and in a study conducted by the comapny food waste was reduced by 25% to 30% when trays were taken out of the picture.
Wasted Food has been covering this trend for quite some time, and has seen a lot of the backlash to the new trayless movement. I can understand the inconvenience the students face in all of this, but I personally think that finding ways to prevent waste trumps any individual complaints. What's your take on the trayless movement?
There are two main arguments for going trayless: it leads to less food waste by students as well as less water waste in cleaning the trays. According to CNN, colleges in drought-stricken states are more concerned about the water waste. Fifty to 60% percent of colleges served by Aramark are getting rid of trays, and in a study conducted by the comapny food waste was reduced by 25% to 30% when trays were taken out of the picture.
Wasted Food has been covering this trend for quite some time, and has seen a lot of the backlash to the new trayless movement. I can understand the inconvenience the students face in all of this, but I personally think that finding ways to prevent waste trumps any individual complaints. What's your take on the trayless movement?
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Biobags
Everyone needs to grocery shop at some point, fueling the continuing desire to live, even if you're not a big fan of
doing your own cooking. Grocery stores have their own standards for packing bags based upon how to enable your foods to
travel well: cold items with cold items, produce in one bag, don't cram too much in. The last rule is the one that gets
tricky because sometimes it seems like you end up with 10 bags for 10 items when you're leaving the store. It could be
more, if some of the plastic ones are doubled-bagged. Recycling the paper and plastic bags is an excellent idea, but
switching to canvas grocery bags is an even better one. They are reusable, so they help cut down on waste, and many
stores will even give you a per-bag discount for bringing them in! The bags can be purchased at many supermarkets, as
well as being 
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