Chartwells Loves the Environment

When the Arkansas Union was renovated several years ago, the Servery/Cafeteria Service was outsourced to Chartwells.

One of the major changes that was noticed was the substitution of real cutlery and plates with plastic equivalents.  Hiring someone to wash dishes costs alot more than plasticware and styrofoam, apparently.  However, what is the cost to the environment ?

This week, Chartwells in the Arkansas Union has gone a step further.  Previously, if you wanted water, you took a small paper Coca-Cola branded cup, and used it for water.  Now, if you do that, you’ll get charged for the paper cup.

However, you can now have a 20 ounce STYROFOAM cup for free for your water.

I didn’t realize this, and I filled up a paper cup like I have been for years, and then got scolded by a cafeteria lady.  I asked “So, do I need to dump out this water into a styrofoam cup?”.  Her reply, was yes.  Unless you want to be charged for the cup.

So, in addition to using a styrofoam cup for my water, I also wasted a paper cup.

Chartwells (and the University of Arkansas), stop this insanity !