Trayless Dining Economic Impact Saves on cost of energy, water, detergents and rinse aids Eliminates cost of trays Reduces food waste removal costs Environmental Impact Conserves energy by eliminating heating water Saves water Reduces food waste into landfills, incinerators and waste water facilities Lessens the amount of detergents and rinse aids in washing trays. Pre-Consumer Waste Management

Trayless Dining Social Impact Reinforces university’s sustainability initiatives Contributes to sustainability efforts of the community Encourages students and employees to participate in sustainability which bleeds over into their personal lives *Many colleges and universities have reported an almost 50% reduction in food waste when switching to trayless dining.

Napkins and Napkin Dispensers We use Tork napkins with EcoLogo (3 rd party certification) Compostable material napkin A one-at-a-time dispensing unit reduces paper usage and waste. What is EcoLogo certification? EcoLogo sets standards and certifies products in more than 120 categories, helping to identify, trust, buy, and sell environmentally preferable goods and services. Fun Fact! GSU Dining has gone through 1,048,800 napkins since the school year began! Pre-Consumer Waste Management

Bulk Condiments Switched from smaller plastic bottled condiments to bulk condiment dispensers. Environmental Impact - minimizes plastic bottle usage and waste. Economic Impact – saves GSU dining $9, per year. Economic and Social Impact - decreases labor required to marry partial bottles together while eliminating a tedious employee task. Fun Fact! GSU Dining has used 1,064 gallons of ketchup so far this school year!

Pre-Consumer Waste Management Food prices have increased dramatically in the last 5 years and LeanPath has helped to thwart those additional costs. Decreased our food cost, reduced our waste disposal costs and has increased employee engagement, creating more employee efficiency. Website: We use LeanPath Waste Management System to help control pre-consumer food waste. LeanPath weighs all pre-consumer food waste, generates reports on results and guides managers and employees on suggested ways to waste less. (Example-expired vegetables) Results LeanPath

Pre-Consumer Waste Management Less pressure on the overall food systems, specifically farmers, smaller carbon footprint, a decrease in fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, fuel and animal feed Reduces waste to landfills which reduces methane and other harmful emissions. Social benefits include creating a sense of community and shared support towards a common good among employees and customers Compared to November 2009 baseline, to date, our waste avoidance= 42,650 pounds of food or $46, which has resulted in 16 metric tons of diverted CO2. Website: Lean Path Results

Recycling GSU picks up all cardboard, aluminum and plastics weekly. They sort them and then bring it to a recycling processing center. Post-Consumer Waste Management Recycling of Cooking Oil Griffin Industries has over 65 years of experience in the recycling industry, Griffin ensures that spent cooking oil is handled efficiently and in accordance with all governmental and environmental regulations. Recycled cooking oil helps creates superior animal feed and pet food ingredients, renewable fuels, organic fertilizers, ingredients used in consumer and industrial products like soaps, cosmetics, rubber and plastics. Fun Fact! GSU Dining has recycled 12,110 pounds or 346 containers of cooking oil since the beginning of the school year. Griffin Industries

Insinkerator and SOMAT Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal Typical food waste is 70% water and 30% food Disposers reduce waste by 85% Dining Halls use an Insinkerator or SOMAT to dispose, extract and pulp pre-consumer and post-consumer waste into a confetti like mixture GreenCo - located in Barnesville, GA GreenCo Environmental, a leading organic recycling company picks up pre-consumer and post-consumer mixture GreenCo is the first food waste composting operation to receive a permit and endorsement from the EPA GreenCo combines food waste, yard waste and wood waste creating a high quality organic compost with zero landfill contribution or re-sale

Greenco Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal As mixture breaks down there is a 75% volumetric reduction In 90 days, mixture is ready to be sold as compost, in bulk to farmers and manufacturers of bagged garden products Since August, 2011, Greenco has collected: Freshman Dining Hall, 6,500 pounds of food waste A little over 3 tons! Piedmont North Dining Hall, 9,490 lbs of food waste Almost 5 tons!

Questions? Lenore Musick Director of PantherDining, Insourced Operations Suzanne Paltz Piedmont North Dining Hall Manager Contact Information