Trayless = Eat Less

We've all done it. We walk around the dining hall filling our trays to the brim with pizza, pasta, general tsao's, and those new vitamin-c enriched apple slices. On the way to the drink dispensers, a bread stick teeters precariously on the edge of our plate, but we are not phased. Balancing our dinning hall trays has become an art - we do it like it's our job (and, as students of heterodox economics, this may very well one day be our job). After filling not one, not two, but three cups with liquid delights, we journey to find our seat to consume with pride our creation. At the end of the meal, we sit back and survey our creative destruction. We left survivors! That lucky half-eaten bread stick and quarter-full glass of milk! But they won't get off that easily. In 5 minutes time they will find themselves on the bottom of a trash can.

So....I've been in an avant-garde-ish mood lately, which explains that somewhat strange narrative. I was inspired by this article, and thought that I might try a new, fresh approach to blogging. The article is really interesting and should resonate with anybody who has ever "bit off more than they could chew" at the dining hall...just don't use a tray!

A short excerpt:

Students ran a test last semester showing that on two days when trays weren’t offered, food and beverage waste dropped between 30 and 50 percent, according to Kathy Woughter, vice president for student affairs at Alfred. That amounts to about 1,000 pounds of solid waste and 112 gallons of liquid waste saved on a weekly basis

The solution is quite novel, and so simple! Anyone for Trayless Thursdays? Somebody please remind me tomorrow...I'll probably forget...

Sean