Essay on Decreasing Energy Consumption in Dining Facilities

In recycling, raw materials that have already been obtained are used, which reduces the need for more materials to be extracted. If we recycle enough to slow the rate of extraction bringing it lower or equal to the rate that our resources replenish themselves we are living sustainable. This project is especially important because it focuses on recycling objects that take a lot of resources to make and that can't be organically broken

Recycling is reusing materials like paper, plastics, and glass, breaking them down and turning them into a new product. This way no materials get wasted and not as many resources are used up for new products. There are many ways to dispose of waste, in this case plastics; incineration, landfilling, biodegradation and recycling. Incineration is effective however creates negative environmental risks and health risks by releasing different harmful gases. Landfilling requires space and many chemicals and energy in plastics are lost in disposal routes. Biodegradable plastics may not degrade fast enough to avoid a build of plastics and to help the environment. Recycling plastics is time consuming and plastics must be sorted through by the types of

Students have very little incentives to participate in the program other than environmental concern. Penn State Food Services can solve this problem by completely removing all disposable containers and making the Green2Go program the only option.

A company called Ak Inovex is developing a new process of recycling plastics that does not use water to clean the plastic. The process also uses less electricity, and creates a higher quality product. The new process is used to recycle Styrofoam, polystyrene and ABS, which are often sent to landfills instead of being recycled. The new method of recycling utilizes chemical solvents and special devices that cool the plastic forming plastic beads. Over 90 percent of plastic types can be recycled with

Throwing away food on college campus is a bigger probelm than what people think. College students, at there dinning halls, are wasting pounds and pounds of food each day. Campuses all across the United States are coming up with solutions to stop food wasting on their campuses. Wasting food can cause many problems such as, environmenetal, cause significant water usuage, and more money being spent. College students should be all in because if colleges have to spend more money then students have to spend more money. In college, less money is always the way to go. Reducing food waste can save money and better help the environment.

This report was contracted by Western University to reduce landfill disposal of a specific end-product on campus. As a signatory of the Council of Ontario Universities’ Formal Declaration of Commitment to Environmental Sustainability, Western University is dedicated to sustainability [1]. Through various sustainability programs, Western currently diverts approximately 50% of the total waste generated on campus from the landfill [2].

In “Unhealthy Lunchrooms: Toxic for Schoolchildren and the Environment”, Kati Huff had focused and alternative solutions. Throughout the essay, she responded effectively for unhealthy ways and excessive waste within the environment. These two subjects are some of America’s greatest concerns. Huff explains how most of these problems occur most in school cafeterias. As she argued for the two subjects, she came up with viewpoints that explained how cafeterias could put an end to environmental waste and obesity.

Well I am in the Army, and I am the Administrative supervisor for the dining facility, and we use statistics to help us track several things. The dining facility I work in feeds Soldiers and civilians, contractors and Department of Defense employees. The groups of personnel listed above must be tracked and managed separately so we can determine how often each group dine in and how frequently. Statistics gives us the tools to create charts and graphs that enable my Soldiers to track and monitor how often each group eats in our facility and how frequently (Mirabella, 2011). Statistics allows us to keep a realistic track record of diners in our facility. By having accurate information on the number of patrons dining at our establishment on

Styrofoam is known as plastic #6 or PS (Polystyrene). Styrofoam was first used in 1941 when Dow’s Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene. Styrofoam starts out as little pellets. These pellets are about 1 millimeter big and will go through a heating and cooling process, expanding the pellet 40 - 50 times its size. Styrofoam is usually used to make plates, cups, bowls, packing peanuts, and package holders. Styrofoam is bad for the environment since it's not biodegradable and is an “Eco Enemy.

Recycling happens with many different kinds of materials. According to the EPA, “Paper and paperboard account

Summary of problem: At Boomer’s Country Kitchen we have been using non-recyclable products for most of our daily operation needs. Paper products like plates, napkins, and to-go bags are the most used and thrown away products at Boomer’s. To lessen the amount of waste Boomer’s Country Kitchen has decided to go greener by replacing most of the paper products with durable and reusable products. In a study done by Dan Oko, he states diners generate more than 1.8 million tons of quick-serve food packaging waste in the United States each year (Oko, 2006). Boomer’s Country Kitchen is going to do what they can to lessen that number by offering recyclable and renewable options to the customers. Using recyclable and renewable products will save thousands of tons of wood and water per year, which is the goal of Boomer’s greener footprint. Going green will also save Boomer’s Country Kitchen money long term by not having to buy paper products as frequently. Boomer’s Country Kitchen is following the lead of Arizona based food chain Eegee’s, because they have “earned an Administrator's Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for recycling all paper, cardboard and polystyrene” waste (Slow Progress, 2007). In the future Boomer’s Country Kitchen would like to be recognized for their efforts in creating a green footprint and a more sustainable future.

The food waste on college campus is at an all-time high. 40 percent of all food in this country is never eaten. We will start with the waste of food in the illini union. From the reading Binning, gifting and recovery: the conduits of disposal in household food consumption. I think that it can be noted that very little social science attention has been paid to questions of food disposal and food waste. I think that the same thing is happening with food waste in the illini union. During some observations we saw that some people in the union buy food and wasted half of it when they could have just took it to go and eat it later. Food waste not only happens in our homes, it also happens on college campuses. The average college student generates

After doing some research, I think styrofoam is not as bad to environment as they make it seem. They say styrofoam has some environmental health concerns for the users of it but let’s be honest what material doesn’t? Plastic and aluminum also have a list full of environmental concerns as well. Styrofoam could be continued to be recycled if the recycling centers would stop diminishing

Public garbage cans, waste management vehicles and even several businesses all promote the need for recycling. These things should serve as a constant reminder to us of the importance of recycling. Consumers produce a large scale of garbage (ARTICLE 1) the average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. The waste produced by Americans goes to landfills and dumps. Landfills are growing quickly, which are affecting our environment as well as our resources. This is where recycling materials such as plastic, paper, glass, etc., play a huge role in conserving our resources. If Americans take an active role in recycling, we can work to reduce the amount of garbage currently in our landfills and dumbs. Recycling has become more of a responsibility rather than a way to save money. It can help clean and protect our environment for each other and generations ahead. (ARTICLE 2) Recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business, and thereby reducing their burden on the environment.

We know that nowadays plastic is the one materials that widely used by human in all of the country. Most of our goods become from plastic. The bad news is, plastics wastes that come from our unusable goods end up in the oceans. There are 60% to 80% plastic wastes on the sea are coming from the land and it will cause a big problem to 267 sea species in this world (Moore, Lattin, & Zellers). That one example is more than enough to start recycling our plastic waste. We can start from reduce and reuse first. For reduce example: when we buy something, we should prepare our own bag to put the goods we buy, dispose the waste according to the bin that specially provided for plastic, use a refill bottle for our drink bottle, and prefer a paper bag than plastic bag. How about reuse plastic bag? Some of countries have creative company that selling fine art and use plastic waste as the basic materials. One of the countries that have company like that is Indonesia. Indonesia has a lot of home industry that use plastic waste as their main materials. They make new thing from plastic bottle, such as plastic flower art, windmill toys for children, table lamp, and house accessories. Some schools in Indonesia teach the students how to reuse the plastic waste and make a fine art from it. Reduce and reuse the plastic waste already counted as recycling the plastic waste. Never think