Shop24 News

We are in the process of turning Shop24 from being operated by All Seasons to being operated by MAC. We are lining up new suppliers, and will have a short gap of time before they'll begin delivering stock to us to refill the machine. We ask that you please be patient while we work on this. We want to make Shop24 better for you.

And in that regard, we would like feedback from you on what you would like us to carry in the machine. What kinds of products, in what sizes? If you want soda, do you want individual cans or bottles or 6-packs? If you want candy bars, do you want regular size, king size or movie theater size? Give us as much detail as you can for each product. We want to make sure that Shop24 carries what you want, and this feedback will help us do that!

You can comment here with your suggestions, or e-mail us at shop24@morrisville.edu.

Thanks for your input!

Food Waste Weight Results!

Our first Food Waste Weighing Wednesday went so well! I want to thank everyone who came through Seneca for lunch yesterday - you were all very pleasant and interested and we appreciate your good attitude more than I can say. We are truly lucky to have such a great bunch of students here at MSC.

So, are you ready for some results? Here you go. First, a picture, so you have a visual.

What do you think? Does it look like a lot of food? Well, here are the totals for you. Yesterday during the lunch period - from about 11:30 until 3:00 - we had 561 people come through the dish return. Those people threw away 177.3 pounds of food - that's what you see sitting there in those four bins. As for liquid, 11 gallons were thrown away. We are researching ways to utilize this food waste, so that it doesn't all end up bagged and going to the dump. Any ideas? Send them to us through the comments! We'd love to hear them.

Here's another picture for you.

This is a table full of food that was thrown away completely untouched. Grilled cheese sandwiches, deli sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, desserts, bananas and more. This actually shocked me more than the bins did.

So what do you all think? Did this experiment make you think more about how much food you take? Did the results surprise you? Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts! We'll be happy to hear them as well.

And thanks once more to everyone who came through, for your great attitudes. Our students are the best!

Food Waste Weighing Wednesdays

Hello everyone! Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! I hope you all had a great time, hanging out with your families and relaxing. Isn't it nice to be able to take some time off? I know I certainly enjoy it.

So, this is the premiere of our new MAC blog. I am going to be writing in here regularly, to tell you all of the things you should know. My name is Denise, and I am the marketing person for MAC (Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation). I'm hoping that you all will stop in here from time to time to find out what's going on. I'll be sharing all kinds of important information that people on campus should know. I thinks it's going to be a fun place here in MAC blog land, so make it a regular online stop!

Okay, introduction over now - I have the first bit of information that you should know! We at MAC are trying to be more "green" conscious. We're researching ways that we can help the environment - starting with small things like using both sides of the paper that we print on and recylcling all of our plastic bottles. Well, this week starts our next step in this process: Food Waste Weighing Wednesday, at Seneca Dining Hall.

What, you may ask, is Food Waste Weighing Wednesday, at Seneca Dining Hall? Well, I'm glad you asked! We are trying to find out how much "edible" waste is thrown away every day. We may not think we throw much away, but if you add up everyone's edible waste over the course of a day, it's bound to add up, right? So we're going to start weighing it.

This is a process that won't require anything from the person eating at Seneca, so don't worry! You get your meals and eat as you normally would. When you're done, you bring your tray up to the dish return, just like always. Only instead of throwing everything away in one bin and setting the dishes on the belt, you'll give your tray to a staff member who will be there. At this point, your job is done. Easy! Now that the staff member has your tray, they will put all of your "edible" waste - things like leftover French fries or fruit or bites of sandwich - even drinks that aren't empty - into a bin seperate from the actual trash. This edible waste will be gathered up and weighed at the end of the lunch period, and the results will be posted on Thursdays, here on this blog, in e-mail and on posters that will be hung up at Seneca.

We're hoping that this endeavor will simply open our eyes to how much food gets thrown away every day. Because after all, we have to be aware of things like this before we can change for the better.

So, remember - if you go to Seneca on Wednesday for lunch, expect to see us at the dish return, gathering up your edible waste.

And welcome back to school! We missed you while you were gone.