Sustainability

Our Initiatives

As a guest, it is easy to make smart environmental choices when you dine at a Sodexo café. We know today's college students want to do the right thing for the planet and we also understand you lead busy lives, so your Sodexo chefs and managers do a lot of the work for you behind the scenes!

Here at Ramapo College we:

Recycle all used fryer oils, cardboard and waste paper

Recycle all non contaminated glass, aluminum, tin and plastic

Newly purchased ice machine in student center is air cooled vs. water cooled saving water usage

Compact fluorescent bulbs being used to replace existing incandescent bulbs were permissible by code

Offer “Cage Free” eggs for breakfast service in the Pavilion

Working with Student Sustainability Coalition to educate through cooperative programming in resident dining halls

New catering guide produced digitally and web site versus paper copy

Tray Free dining in resident dining halls Fall 2009

New catering guide produced on CD and web site versus paper copy

Collective in deliveries for vendors between the Pavilion and the Student Center. This reduces are carbon footprint by avoiding double day deliveries

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Local Farms

We work hard to get as many ingredients locally as possible. We have taken theBaldor Pledgethat authorizes Baldor's team of expert buyers to substitute commodity items with comparably priced local alternatives whenever possible. Our professionally-trained chefs write our menus to take advantage of the fresh fruits and vegetables that are naturally in season.

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Other Local Partners of ours:

Patriot Pickle Wayne, NJ

Coke Carlstadt, NJ

Pepsi Mount Vernon, NY

Balford Farms Burlington, NJ

Baldor Farms: Produce

Rockland Bakery Nanuet, NY

Jack & Jill Ice Cream Linden, NJ