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Deirde Taft-Lockard ’20 (right), co-president of SJU Green Fund, helps students dispose of leftover food and plastic packets in respective garbage bins before sending plates, utensils and cups to the dish pit during the “Weight of the Waste” event in Campion Dining Hall on Nov. 21. PHOTOS: Jackie Collins 21

Green Fund creates awareness of food waste through “Weigh the Waste”

Jackie Collins November 28, 2019

At the end of their lunch in Campion Dining Hall last Thursday, St. Joe’s students handed over their bowls and plates, some still piled with uneaten food, to members of the Green Fund. As part of the...

Uneaten food travels to Campion’s dishwashing area to be discarded. PHOTO: DIMETRI WILLIAMS 19/THE HAWK

Pounds of waste: diners discard food in Campion

Erin Breen January 22, 2019

Hundreds of pounds of food in Campion Student Center end up in the trash every month. Some of that waste comes from production— the unused nub of a carrot or the bone of a chicken that is tossed—...

Photo by Luke Malanga 20.

Hawk Hill cuts back on food waste

Andres Urrea February 15, 2017

St. Joe's students bring leftover food to homeless shelters The Food Recovery Network (FRN) at Saint Joseph's University takes leftover food from Campion Dining Hall to homeless shelters around the...

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