The Berkeley Beacon

Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: Opinion

After seeing the fliers around campus, he took it upon himself to start helping the earth. "Well, I figured that if it really did reduce waste then I might as well try," said Tollar, "I mean, it was only a couple of extra trips." The hardest part, he explained, was the "balancing act," but he still thinks of it as a mere inconvenience.

"When most students at Emerson College see that they have to take two trips from their table rather than one," he said, "they will do what Emerson students do best: complain."

These two students are not representative of the school as a whole, of course, and some Emersonians may still be upset about the lack of trays.

But regardless of possible student disappointment, this is an amazing opportunity for Lions to make a small change that could have a big impact. All they have to do is go along with the initiative, because the hard part has already been taken care of by Business Services and Aramark.

Last semester, when Earth Emerson conducted a Food Study, the results showed that our students wasted, on average, ten gallons of food per hour during dinnertime. That's a lot of excess-we can do better than that!

While trays may seem critical to the Dining Hall experience, please take just a moment to reflect on whether they're truly necessary, and if it really isn't worth a little inconvenience to aid a seriously ailing planet.

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