Sustainability

Michigan Dining develops carbon scale tool to assess menu items’ greenhouse gas emissions, further understanding of our food and climate change.

Big wins, areas to improve found in waste audit on composting, recycling and landfill waste. Also, living in a compost-friendly residence hall has measurable results in student awareness.

Multinational research effort looked at initiatives at 86 sites in six countries in areas like waste measurement, staff engagement and repurposing excess production.