{"id":6498,"date":"2017-10-11T02:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2017-10-10T19:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:36:05","slug":"campus-dining-debuts-reusable-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/campus-dining-debuts-reusable-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Dining debuts reusable containers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sam Dunaway | News Editor<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Office of University Housing and Campus Dining is eager to unveil their latest approach toward campus sustainability: ReWOUsable food containers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cleverly named dishes will take the place of expensive single-use paper plates and bowls in Valsetz Dining Hall and the Summit. The food containers are available in both large and small sizes, and a double insulated reusable cup can transport hot or cold drinks. The three containers were given to students living on campus for free. Students will get a discount in all Campus Dining areas if they use these containers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Single-use paper containers will still be an option around campus, but Campus Dining\u2019s director, Albert Worotikan, encourages students to choose the \u201cReWOUsable\u201d option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worotikan commented, \u201cif I could encourage students to use reusable containers, we could stop purchasing this (single-use containers). All of this is going to go to the landfill and cost us money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paper cups lined with resin, a plant-based chemical, are expensive. According to Worotikan, Campus Dining spends about 30 cents on each paper coffee cup and about the same for a large paper clamshell container. The hard plastic reusable containers cost about $2.75. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI prefer to spend $2.75 and give that free to the students,\u201d Worotikan remarked. \u201cSave the planet and also save the budget.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western has spent close to $30,000 on this project. Worotikan commented, \u201cWe spend close to 60 grand a year on to-go containers. After a year, it\u2019ll pay off. So, it\u2019s a no brainer to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m excited about them, I always try to be conscious about how much paper and plastic I use, and this will make getting to-go food from Valsetz way more environmentally friendly,\u201d said sophomore Ellen Moore. \u201cAnd the saving money incentive is really awesome too. The money you save from using them will really add up the more you use them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staff members and off campus students can purchase a ReWOUsable container at any campus dining location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at journalnews@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Dunaway | News Editor The Office of University Housing and Campus Dining is eager to unveil their latest approach toward campus sustainability: ReWOUsable food containers. The cleverly named dishes will take the place of expensive single-use paper plates and bowls in Valsetz Dining Hall and the Summit. 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