At Ashesi, food vendors and the convenience store have switched from:

• Plastic food packs to biodegradable paper food packs
• Plastic carrier bags to reusable fabric tote bags
• Plastic cutlery to stainless steel/bamboo cutlery
• Plastic cups to biodegradable paper cups and
• Plastic straws to biodegradable paper straws.

This is the first of several phases to make our campus more green in line with
our institutional goal of “Integrating climate awareness into Ashesi’s culture.”

Led by Ashesi’s Students Life Engagement team, who will be providing the education
needed to sustain efforts, we expect the following of the community:

• More dine-ins at the cafeteria versus take-outs. In addition, dining in the cafeteria
  builds relationships. However, in the event where your schedule/circumstance
  may require you ordering a takeout, please come along with your own food
  container to campus. Glass bowls with a lid most preferred.
• Come along with your own silverware/flatware/cutlery. It is safer for you and the
  environment.
• Every community member has been given one free tote bag, however you may
  come along with your own.
• This directive also applied to on-campus student vendors, and all their food
  packaging types have become biodegradable.
• All campus events where food is served use environmentally-friendly packaging.
• We can only achieve zero plastics in the long-term with our collective resolve.
  NO PLASTICS, please!