Ithaca Dining Services and the Resource and Environmental Management Program (REMP) will once again be hosting the Spot-A-Mug campaign! Ithaca Dining Services and the Resource and Environmental Management Program (REMP) will once again be hosting the Spot-A-Mug campaign!
For the entire semester, REMP and Dining Services seek out and "spot" students who use a refillable mug on campus, and present them with a coupon redeemable for one 16-ounce coffee at Grand Central, IC Square Food Court, Sub Connection, Café at the Park School, Café at the Business School, or the CHS Coffee Cart. This is to reward the IC community for good habits in sustainability and environmentalism.
The reason for this campaign is simple: every year, Americans throw away 25 billion polystyrene (e.g. Styrofoam) coffee cups. All of this waste could easily be reduced simply by using reusable mugs. Energy use, landfill space, greenhouse gas emissions, and much more are all implicated in wasting polystyrene or paper coffee cups.
To show that you care, invest in a reusable mug. If you haven't picked up a recyclable coffee mug yet, they are on sale at the IC Square Food Court for $1.99. In addition, Sodexho donates 15 cents from every mug sold to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Keep your mug with you whenever you go out for coffee -- you could be spotted and rewarded anytime!
For more information on the program, please e-mail [mailto:irecycle@ithaca.edu].
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20080118133829152