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果冻影院 is happy to support individuals and groups interested in sustainable food initiatives, whether it is a Living Labs research project or a new idea or product.
果冻影院 Food 4 Good
In January 2023 a cross-sectional group came together to tackle food poverty at 果冻影院. Made up of members of Gather & Gather, the Student's Union, 果冻影院 #ZeroFoodWaste and professional services, it is a working group looking at food waste and food poverty within 果冻影院's communities and neighbouring communities. Their purpose is to take practical action and make tangible progress in this area over the 2023-24 academic year.
果冻影院 #ZeroFoodWaste
Zero Food Waste is a student-led project at 果冻影院 that aims to tackle food waste on campus. They redistribute food from where it is in excess to where it is in need: from 果冻影院 caf茅s to homeless shelters and a surplus food bank. These are namely Lifeafterhummus Community Benefit Society, a surplus food bank for community residents in the Euston/King鈥檚 Cross area, and St Mungo's Endsleigh Gardens, a homeless shelter.
Rice Inc / Paddi
In 2019, 果冻影院听began buying rice from Rice Inc, now called听Paddi.
Rice Inc was founded by 果冻影院 students. Their concept strives to eliminate food waste, promote sustainability and bring food security, by helping farmers nearly double their income from recovering rice which would otherwise be lost.
果冻影院 Innovation and Enterprise supported their idea, which went on and won the 2018 Hult Prize challenge, including $1million in funding.听
Our caters听CH&Co have pledged to continue to buy and use their rice in 果冻影院 meals.
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Milids
Milids听was set up by a 果冻影院 student who wanted to produce coffee cup lids made from grains, thus reducing plastic waste.
果冻影院 caters,听CH&Co have provided support and advice on a catering provision.
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果冻影院 Food4Thought
Two student听members of 果冻影院鈥檚 Vegetarian and Vegan Society,听Aashish Khimasia and Elena Bashkova, founded听果冻影院Food4Thought, to deliver the听F4T campaign听on 果冻影院 campus.听
They calculated and analysed the carbon footprint of 果冻影院鈥檚 catering food purchasing. This baseline and the students' support will be utilised to create carbon footprinting of meals in the refectory, in partnership with听Foodsteps.
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Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
In 2019, then 果冻影院 caterers, Sodexo partnered with the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), as four students conducted a living lab project on single-use plastic in the catering industry, using the refectory as a test bed.
The project focused on the elimination of plastic cling film.
Sodexo achieved a 28% reduction in cling film use, by adopting the measures suggested by the students:
- Replace open boxes with click-close boxes
- Use cloth covers for tray and food trolleys instead of wrapping film
- Increase the training and awareness