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earth week 2009

Dining services is running several week long specials and activities related to Earth week. beginning April 15th, each of the specials and programs shown below will be available at participating on-campus dining locations.

Please support our efforts to raise the awareness of living sustainably.

(Click images below to see an enlarged version of the sign)

reusable eat green bags @ campus markets	refillable bottles & mugs @ participating locations across campus	"dim the lights" @ all on-campus locations
express eco-clamshell @ russell and pencader express	"lose the lid" program @ participating locations	campus market specials

RecycleMania 2009 -

This year's competition is now over!!! Congratulations to the entire campus community for surpassing last year's total amount by over 20,000 lbs. UD's final rankings will be published online at www.recyclemania.org on Friday, April 17th.

Weekly Results Tracking

RECYCLEMANIA 2009

Grand Total 144,669 lbs!

Congratulations UD and thank you!

To The University of Delaware Community,

University of Delaware Dining Services is committed to increasing the amount of environmentally friendly products and services offered on campus. We understand the importance of continued environmental initiatives, especially for UD and our guests.

Eat Green is a communication campaign to educate our guests about the steps we are taking to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases, support of sustainable agriculture, and the elimination of unnecessary waste. This campaign not only communicates our efforts, but also nurtures and supports student initiatives in relation to environmental issues on campus.

Below, please find a list of the initiatives and programs we have in place:

• NEW: Eat Green program
• Availability of reusable and refillable items including: To-Go containers for the Pencader and Russell Express locations, reusable bags as a potential substitute for plastic bags, refillable water bottles and mugs for fountain beverages and coffee/tea
• Partnership with Waste Oil Recyclers to have our used cooking oil filtered and converted into bio-diesel
• Use of produce and other food products from local vendors throughout all of our dining locations including a partnership with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources which supplies the Blue & Gold Club with fresh produce grown in the graduate student gardens
• Use of 100% recycled napkins in all of our dining locations
• Use recycled paper in copiers and printers
• Participation in the University recycling program for cans, glass, paper and cardboard
• Partnership with Residence Life and Facilities to coordinate annual RecycleMania competition on campus
• Participation in the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Seafood Watch
• Take efforts to reduce packaging by offering china whenever possible
• Participation in the Deloitte Office Greening program
• Provide organic food products in our campus markets
• Promote trayless dining to reduce food waste and energy usage
• Limited use of Styrofoam containers in our retail food court locations
• Participation in and support of all University Earth Week initiatives along with the further development of our own sustainable events
• Sustainable food options are incorporated into Catering menus and service products
• Partnership with Coca-Cola which fosters our initiatives to become more sustainable while also being one of our local vendors

We continue to explore new ways to expand our role in improving the environment and look forward to forming partnerships with student groups on campus to reach these goals.

Sincerely,
Sue Bogan
Director of Dining Services

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