Have you ever used a clamshell?
They are green plastic reusable containers, sitting quietly at each dining register.
Have you ever have back-to-back classes with 30 minutes lunch break? Noon meetings that
leave you no time to enjoy food? Room far away from campus but unwilling to cook by yourself?
Many students solve these situations by buying convenient food from hillside or grab-and-go,
but those unchanged choices easily make people tired of eating.
But don’t worry, you have clamshells.
Clamshells provided by Dining Services will solve the problem for you.
It is so easy, sustainable, and economic that you’ll want to use a clamshell every day.
Recently, Dining Team Green, with the help of UR Photography club, made a
easy-understanding video that explains “How Clamshells Works”.
How it works:
1. Purchase a Clamshell for $5 at DANFORTH, DOUGLASS, or the PIT with either URos,
declining balance, a guest meal swipe, cash, or credit
2. Bring to a dining location
3. Fill it up
4. Take it with you
5. Bring the empty clamshell back and get a new clamshell or a keychain to exchange next
time
The clamshell is a one-time pay, life-use tool. You could use it for as many purposes as you
want.
The real meaning of the Clamshell Program is also to replace the use of un-reusable containers
with the green and sustainable ones. Starting today, you can save up to 1,232 disposable plates
over four years by using clamshell regularly.
Buy one today, and go green with Dining Team Green.
Guest Post Written by Can Wang, Dining Team Green Marketing Intern, Class of 2020
I used it and i agree how you describe it as
“They are green plastic reusable containers”