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College Cafeterias Go Trayless |
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by Larry Gordon
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From the L.A. Times
 Derek Owens performs a nifty and somewhat precarious balancing act when he gets his meals at Pomona College.
At lunch one recent day, the freshman from Oregon held a plate of nachos
and beans in one hand. In the other, he stacked a serving of pizza and
breadstick on top of a fruit juice cup. With silverware deftly added to
the pile, he made it to his table without spilling a drop.
Call it eco-dining, or another sign of tough economic times in American
academia. Pomona this fall joined a growing number of colleges in
California and across the nation that have eliminated cafeteria trays
in an effort to reduce food waste, cut water usage and save on energy
bills.
Students' reaction has been mixed, but Owens and others
say they are adapting for the sake of the environment, their schools'
budgets and their own waistlines. If they can't carry all the food they
want in their first trip to the serving stations, they say, they will
make one or two more. And if they wind up with fewer second helpings of
granola or ice cream, so be it.
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