I recently received my newest issue of Pegasus, the University of Central Florida's Alumni Association magazine, and read about how UCF's Dining Services is making great strides to implement environmentally-friendly practices like reducing waste and saving energy. This is great news for the school's more than 50,000 students, faculty, and staff.
Some of the significant changes include:
• Offering Fair Trade and USDA organic coffee
• Trayless dining to conserve water and energy used to heat the water
• Buying local and seasonal produce when available
• Reusable coffee mug program
• Reusable To-Go Box Program potentially saving about 12,600 Styrofoam containers in use per month from entering landfills
• Implementing Behind-the-Counter Employee Recycling Programs
• Creating environmental awareness through sustainability events like “RecycleMania” 10-week nationwide university recycling competition, and “Dine in the Dark” energy conservation night at Knightro's
• Reusable coffee mug program
• Reusable To-Go Box Program potentially saving about 12,600 Styrofoam containers in use per month from entering landfills
• Implementing Behind-the-Counter Employee Recycling Programs
• Creating environmental awareness through sustainability events like “RecycleMania” 10-week nationwide university recycling competition, and “Dine in the Dark” energy conservation night at Knightro's
Bravo to UCF for putting into effect these and many other sustainable practices throughout the campus.
And check out these links for more information about the college's green programs.
Go Knights!!
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