Chico Bags, Water Bottles, and Travel Mugs
Housing & Dining Services (HDS) strongly encourages the use of reusable containers whenever possible. Plastic bags are no longer in use in any dining operation and students are encouraged to bring a reusable carrying bag (e.g. a Chico Bag) for items from the grab-n-go’s and convenience stores. Likewise, students are also encouraged to bring their own water bottle and/or travel mug for beverages from the dining centers and grab-n-go locations.
Buying natural, organic, and local
Dining Services purchases food items from several local vendors for use in all the dining centers and continues identifying further viable options to expand its array of affordable, fresh, local ingredients.
Piazanos, one of the grab-n-go’s on campus, strives to serve fare consisting of 100 percent natural, 80 percent organic, and 10 percent local ingredients.
Offering vegetarian and vegan options
Dining centers offer at least one vegetarian and/or vegan hot main entree item at every lunch and dinner. This is in addition to the many vegan and vegetarian items available on the deli bar, salad bar, and beverage lines. All grab-n-go’s have vegan and vegetarian items available too.
Special Events
Recent focus has been paid to making events such as Global Jam, Building Communities, Snack Bites, and certain orientation meals “zero-waste.” This consists of reducing waste in preparation of an event, providing recycling and composting receptacles/pick-up at the event, and using compostable flatware and utensils for service.
