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ASC Sustainability Efforts

  

 Reduce

*Approximately 20% reduction in Styrofoam usage from Fiscal Year 03 - Fiscal Year 07.

*Exploring the elimination of Styrofoam in Fiscal Year 2009 from Dunkin' Donuts.

*Hilltop, as a "green" facility, currently is using more paper and alternative service-ware
and utensils that decompose within days in the landfill.

*Using biodegradable plastic containers in retail dining facilities, such as
Natureworks compost-able grab-n-go containers.

*Resizing of our hours of operations in Fiscal Year 2008 to reduce the energy usage
during the low customer traffic periods in various locations.   

*Increase fountain beverage servicing in the dining units, leading to a 35% reduction in sale of bottled beverages.

*Maintain 2006-07 energy footprint with Coca-Cola, only swapping of beverage coolers or vending units will be accepted.
Exploring with Coca-Cola to install vending misers that will turn off power to vending machines based on motion and temperature. 

*Replaced an electric boiler with a gas boiler at the Commissary for an energy cost savings of $900 per month.

*Replacing an electric pizza oven for a gas oven in Raquette Pizza in 2008.

*Replaced a 50 year old dishwasher with a energy efficeint low water use unit in Neubig Dining.

*Dramatically reduced the volume of printed marketing materials sent to new and returning students by focusing on key messages and ephasizing ASC's web page.

*Reduced the use of strong chemicals by switching to "green" cleaning agents.

*Reduced paper waste by conducting the ASC dining survey and all elections to the ASC membership online. All photocopied material is double sided where applicable.

Recycle

*ASC recycles 100% of all eligible plastic and metal containers in our production facilities.

*Recycles used vegetable fryer oil. A local farmer collects and uses as bio fuel for farm equipment, home heating and his automobile. 

*Working on the preservation and/or elimination of plastic trays.

Reuse

Reuse
*ASC will refill any mug for a 15% discount on the beverage cost.

*Neubig Dining was converted to an all-you-care-to-eat dining facility in 2005. In conjunction with this change, ASC started using washable china and silverware. As a result we have reduced the use and disposal of paper, Styrofoam, and plastics in Neubig alone by over 30%.

*Food remaining in dining halls before semester breaks is donated to local food pantries.

*The College Store offer students a rebate, if they return cardboard Pre-pack boxes to be reused.

The College Store has one of the largest selections of used and recycled text books. 
 
Local Products
*Upstate Farms – Milk Co-op utilizing upstate dairy farms
     ·        Milk, Cottage Cheese, Bulk Yogurt, Cream
 
*Maines Paper and Food Service
Prime vendor relationship
     ·        Located in Binghamton, NY.
 
*F&T Distributing
Secondary distributor relationship
     ·        Located in Ithaca, NY.
 
*Bagel Lovers - Dryden, NY
     ·        Bagels
 
*Crowley’s soft serve ice cream (Neubig) - Binghamton, NY
     ·        Utilizes Cortland County Farms
 
*Cortland Bottled Water - Concord, NY
 
*Greenware Products – Rochester, NY
(Biodegradable/Compostable)
     ·        Pudding Parfaits, Fruit Cups, Yogurt Parfaits, Snack Cups
 
*Coffee Mania – Cortland, NY
     ·        Neubig, Colloquium, Poolside, Concessions, Dragons Court
 
*Caffe Latte –Valley Cottage, NY
 
*Badman’s Bushel, Homer NY
     ·        Seasonal produce
 
*Great Lakes Cheese, Cuba, NY
     ·        Cheese products
 
*Ames Linen, Cortland, NY
     ·        All Linen and dry cleaning
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