| College Agrees to Phase Out Styrofoam After Boycott Threat |
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Scripps College’s administrative and student efforts have saved a weekly count of 2,200 styrofoam take-out boxes, also known as clams, from their landfill destiny. The Malott Dining Services and the Dean of Students’ work to phase out the styrofoam containers has “been on-going and continuous for several years,” says Debra Wood, Scripps College Dean of Students and Vice President. Ellie Cross SC ’07, who began planning the “Boycott Malott” campaign and working with the administration on the styrofoam issue with Sage Pressman SC ’07 and the Scripps Associated Students Environmental Chair Nicole Shearer. The recent student movement has included the 357 students in the Facebook group “Students Against Scripps Styrofoam Take-Out Containers” and the 100 that have signed the pledge sheets. Twenty students concerned about Malott Commons’ use of styrofoam containers met on February 6 to plan, according to Cross. The boycott became unnecessary as, just a few days before the February 6 meeting, the Malott Dining Services Management Team and Wood announced in a Scripps wide e-mail that Malott would be phasing out the styrofoam boxes. Last week, Malott replaced the coated paper plates with compostable plates. “With the elimination of styrofoam clams, [the Dining Services Team] captured some cost savings and re-directed them to the purchase of compostable plates,” said Malott Dining Services in an e-mail. The team also replaced the styrofoam soup cups with compostable paper ones. They are not, however, biodegradable. Click here to read the full article Bookmark this page!      |
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