Comments on: University Food Waste

By: Jen Hancox

Jen Hancox — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:11:40 +0000

A great article and covering an important topic. If you are interested in another way that your university can cut back on food waste, check out our website: http://www.leanpath.com, or our blog: Food Wast Focus.

We produce automated food waste tracking tools. These help the foodservice operator to track the type of foodwaste (overproduced, burnt, spoiled, etc.), where it comes from (grill, salad bar, or different dining halls) and how much – in weigh and dollars. “Why”, “where” and “how”.

All of this information is downloaded to weekly reports that help the managers ’see’ where they are truly wasting food. They can then take action to REDUCE their food waste. Less food waste generated, less resources are needed for landfills and compost ares.

If you would like more information, contact me directly.

Jen Hancox
jhancox@leanpath.com

By: Matthew Laurion

Matthew Laurion — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:30:21 +0000

Here in New Hampshire at UNH our left over dining hall food is composted and made into fertilizer. The fertilizer is then sold a reasonable prices to local farmers through a program called U-Do.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:24:19 +0000

That’s a great topic. I would think that universities will have the lowest level of food waste. Excuse my ignorance, but would be currious what causes the food waste in dorns. Is it because of the lack of storage options?

By: rich

rich — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:58:13 +0000

judging by your comments you may already be involved in an effort, but if not i would suggest you either get into EcoHouse (a dorm in West) or join EcoHuskies. either forum would give you and other concerned students more power and credibility to change things. and, believe me, what with state and uconn regulations, you’ll need all the power and credibility you can find.

rich