4A NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 CAMPUS Dining trays may cause students to waste more food Mrs. E's holds experiment to test theory that students who have to carry food are likely to pick up fewer items BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com Students who ate at Mrs. E's on Tuesday went without trays as part of an Earth Day experiment to determine whether taking their trays away would reduce the amount of food students waste. Student volunteers collected the table scraps from plates sent to the dish room and compared the weight and volume of the food and liquid waste to what they collected April 15, when students did have trays. The results suggest that students wasted 100 pounds more food when they had trays, but Nona Golledge director of KU Dining Services, said those results may be inaccurate. ed the results," Golledge said. "I don't feel comfortable with the results quite yet because we did realize there are a lot of variables in the experiment that could have impacted the results," The two variables were a different number of students and a different menu served on the two days. Golledge said she would like to see the experiment conducted multiple times because that would give us more accurate information," she said. The University of Kansas wouldn't be the first school to imple- before she trusted the results. "If we do it again,we'd like to serve the same menu on both days because that would give us more accurate information." before she touches the records. "If we do it again, wed like to serve the same menu on both days NONA GOLLEDGE Director of KU Dining Services ment such a concept. According to a report issued by KU Dining Services, Ohio State University removed trays from its food services, which resulted in a 28 percent decrease in the amount of food students wasted. Each student wasted 2.52 ounces less per meal when they didn't have Sarah Houfaidi, an Overland Park sophomore who was one of the four student-volunteers who trays, according to the report. collected food waste, said she noticed a significantly lower amount of food waste when students didn't have trays. "There's only been one plate per person as opposed to multiple plates because they mixed feelings about the new concept. Emily Bergman, St. Benedict freshman, said she hated not having don't have as much space to carry as many without trays," Houfaidi said. Students who ate at Mrs. E's had Students who ate at Mrs. E's had "I don't think it's that big of a deal because that way people won't get 10 million things they won't eat." KASEY MILLER St. Louis freshman a tray. "It's a lot of work because I have to take two trips to get everything I want," she said. "I don't think it would reduce weight for me because I know what I want, but it could for others." Kasey Miller, St. Louis freshman, said she didn't mind not having a tray. "I don't think it's that big of a deal because that way people won't get 10 million things they won't eat," she said. "You know what will suck though, bringing all this crap back to the conveyer belt thing once I'm done." If multiple experiments prove that taking trays from students significantly reduces food waste, Golledge said her department would not take trays away until it collected sufficient feedback from students. "We would definitely get student input on this," she said. Edited by Jared Duncan KANSANCLASSIFIEDS 785. 864.4358 PHONE HAWKCHALK.COM TRAVEL AUTO CLASSIFIEDS@KANSAN.COM 2005 Yamaha F21 $495, 80K, 1000cc R1 motor. -Cycle World Magazine 'sWorld's Best Streetbike' Call 913- 707-375 hwckahc.com/1480 97 Camry, 120k miles,automatic,AC, power windows/locks, keyless entry, stereo, spooler, aluminum wheels. 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