Plastic bags at SU dining halls pose sustainability challenge
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While paper bags are the greener option, Food Services employees are worried students will prefer plastic bags since they’re less likely to leak.
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Syracuse University Food Services has used plastic utensils and bags in dining halls throughout the pandemic, which has made it more challenging to enhance sustainability on campus.
Since dining halls have been operating with takeout-only options, Food Services began offering plastic bags to students to carry their food, said Mark Tewksbury, the director of dining centers and concessions operations in the Carrier Dome.
SUNY-ESF replaces plastic products in vending machines with aluminum
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The options in the vending machines will be the same with a few exceptions including the elimination of Gatorade and milk.
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SUNY-ESF has eliminated plastic products from its vending machines and replaced them with aluminum options.
This change went into effect at the beginning of the spring 2021 semester, after ESF signed the #breakfreefromplastic campus pledge in 2020. ESF is working to eliminate all single-use plastic items from its campus, and plastic bottles were at the top of the list, said Susan Fassler, sustainable facilities manager at ESF.