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The UMass Dartmouth campus has one Residential Dining Hall that provides allinclusive meal services for resident students. A Commuter Cafe includes ala carte options. Several on-the-go food carts located throughout the campus make it convenient to find a snack, coffee, fruit or sandwiches. Sodexo also offers an on-campus catering service. Vegetarian and vegan meal options are available. On average about 3,000 meals are served daily on campus. Despite the sustainability rhetoric of Sodexo’s corporate headquarters, the level of best practice achieved at any campus is left to the discretion and creativity of the Dining Services Director in charge, and strongly influenced by inclusion or exclusion of sustainability requirements in a particular dining services contract.
Recent Accomplishments Reducing Waste We’ve made great strides in reducing food waste through a combination of initiatives. UĂŠ Â˜ĂŠĂ“Ă¤Ă¤n]ĂŠ ˆ˜ˆ˜}ĂŠ-iĂ€Ă›ÂˆViĂƒĂŠÂ“ÂœĂ›i`ĂŠĂŒÂœĂŠ>ĂŠĂŒĂ€>އÂ?iĂƒĂƒĂŠĂƒĂžĂƒĂŒi“]ĂŠĂ€i`Ă•Vˆ˜}ĂŠvœœ`ĂŠĂœ>ĂƒĂŒiĂŠ>ĂƒĂŠĂƒĂŒĂ•`iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ no longer loaded trays with food they ended up being too full to eat, and reducing water Ă•Ăƒi]ĂŠ>ĂƒĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠĂœ>ĂƒÂ…ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠÂœvĂŠĂŒĂ€>ĂžĂƒĂŠĂœ>ĂƒĂŠiÂ?ˆ“ˆ˜>ĂŒi`ĂŠvĂ€ÂœÂ“ĂŠÂœÂŤiĂ€>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂƒÂ°ĂŠ"Â˜ĂŠ>Ă›iĂ€>}iÊÓääÊ}>Â?Â?ÂœÂ˜ĂƒĂŠÂœvĂŠ water are saved for every 1000 resident meals not served on trays per operational day. "Ă›iĂ€ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠVÂœĂ•Ă€ĂƒiĂŠÂœvĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ>V>`i“ˆVĂŠĂži>Ă€]ĂŠ1 >ĂƒĂƒĂŠ >Ă€ĂŒÂ“ÂœĂ•ĂŒÂ…ĂŠÂˆĂƒĂŠ>LÂ?iĂŠĂŒÂœĂŠĂƒ>Ă›iÊ£ÓÇ]nääÊ}>Â?Â?ÂœÂ˜ĂƒĂŠ of water by having trayless resident dining.
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