Mar. 11, 1975 issue 06 Loquitur

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- LO UITUR b Vol. XXI, No.\

CABRINI COLLEGE, RADNOR, PA.

SAGA wageswaronwaste The counter was littered with the cold residue of the afternoon meal. Platters were covered with the remains of half eaten hamburgers, catsup covered french fries, and the bits and pieces of a tossed salad. Half filled glasses of coke and milk rested forlornly on stacks of unused napkins . If you cringe at the idea of su ch waste, cringe again at the thought that such waste takes place daily in the cafeteria at Cabrini College . Food waste at Cabrini, according to Tony Tkaczuk, food service manager for SAGA Food Service, averages 23 pounds per meal. This waste is the object of a massive campaign by the food service on all its college campuses . In the past month, SAGA began its campaign at the . 325 campuses it serves daily. In an effort to make students aware of the food problem, SAGA is advertising with signs, table reminders, and buttons. Each week, the campaign centers around a particular object of waste such

March 11, 1975

by Fran MacDonald

as salads or desserts and encourages students to avoid such waste. Special emphasis is being placed on the waste of liquid refreshments and napkin s. To encourage cooperation with their campaign, SAGA has offered an added incentive. The money saved from the food not wasted will be used by each individual college to provide the students with some extra treat. To determine a waste figure , discarded food is weighed daily at each meal on all SAGA campuses. Thus far, there has been little change in the waste figures on Cabrini's campus. Tony hopes , however, that as student awareness rises , the waste figure will drop considerably. So, the next time you reach for two sandwiches, that extra glass of milk , or those six napkins , remember t he campaign against food waste. If food is wasted, you have no one to blame but yourself .


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