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 16oz. coffee at Grand Central, IC Square Food Court, Sub Connection, The Café at the Park 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 25,000,000,000 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 Styrofoam 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 IC Square Food Court for $1.99. In addition, Sodexo donates $.15 from the proceeds of every mug sold to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Keep your mug with you whenever you go out for coffee—you can be spotted and rewarded anytime!
For more information on the program, please email us at irecycle@ithaca.edu.
