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The final straw has yet to be used in 91制片厂 dining halls, but they鈥檙e getting there. In September, Hospitality Services announced that all of the university鈥檚 food service operations, including cafes and retail stores, would no longer offer plastic drinking straws to customers. Instead they would use cups that have a lid you can sip from.

The move aligns with both dining鈥檚 and the university鈥檚 sustainability efforts. What鈥檚 more, a sample taken of students reflected support for the idea. While describing the initiative as 鈥渟till in its infancy,鈥� William McNamara, executive director of hospitality services, says the measure speaks to the desire to find affordable solutions to sustainability issues.

鈥淚f each person only used and recycled the new lid without a straw, we would reduce our waste by approximately 150,000 lids and straws each year,鈥� McNamara says. 鈥淚n terms of money, this move is expected to be cost-neutral. The real savings is in our sustainable efforts, including the reduction of waste brought to the landfills and potentially, the oceans.鈥�

Straws are available at all 91制片厂 dining locations upon request.