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The Technion — Israel Institute of Technology announced Monday that from October 1, it will no longer buy disposable plastic utensils and it moves to boost its sustainability practices.
“This is a comprehensive move that encompasses the Technion as a whole, and its implications are far-reaching. In the past few years, the Technion has shifted into high gear in all aspects touching upon sustainability,” said Technion Vice President and CEO Prof. Boaz Golani,
The decision follows a lengthy review by the university, in the northern city of Haifa, which revealed that during 2019, it bought more than 2.3 million disposable cups, almost one million disposable teaspoons and hundreds of thousands of other single-use items. Today, disposable utensils account for around nine percent of waste on campus, and the present move is intended both to reduce the amount of waste and to reduce the associated expenses.
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