A Review Of University Campus Sustainability Policies
This report provides an assessment of colleges and universities as they encourage sustainability as a priority in operations and endowment investment practices. Several factors are closely examined, including an animal-related findings such as the growing availability of cage-free eggs, found in 27% of the schools studied.
Major findings from this report with respect to Food & Recycling issues (excerpted from report):
- An impressive 29 percent of schools earned an A grade in Food & Recycling while only 3 percent of schools received an F grade. The average grade for the Food & Recycling category was B.
- More than two out of three schools buy food from local sources. An impressive 70% of schools devote at least a portion of food budgets to buying from local farms and/or producers.
- Fair-trade coffee is prevalent. Fair-trade coffee is available at 64% of schools.
- More than one in four schools offer cage-free eggs. Cage-free eggs are available at 27% of schools.
- More than a third of schools buy from a local dairy. A local dairy supplies dining halls at 39% of schools.
- A significant number of schools compost food waste or landscape waste. Food composting programs exist at 42% of schools, while 43 percent of schools report composting landscape waste.
- Electronic waste recycling is available at 29% of schools.