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 At UTSA Dining Services, we have a deep respect for and commitment to protecting and improving the environment. Through our Green Thread program, we’ve implemented the following initiatives in an effort to become more sustainable.
- All office paper and paper supplies contain at least 30% recycled content.
- Recycle all office printer cartridges and copier toners.
- Recycle used office paper and cardboard boxes through campus recycling program.
- Serve as a promotional partner to the UTSA Department of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management for RecycleMania, a ten week recycling competition between college campuses across the nation.
- Contribute to single-stream campus recycling program by recycling glass, plastic and metal behind the scenes at the Roadrunner Cafe and Starbucks.
- Offer a reusable cup program in which Green Thread reusable cups can be purchased for $4.99 and used for unlimited 99¢ fountain beverage refills at locations across campus.
- Starbucks offers a 15¢ discount off brewed coffee and iced tea and a 10¢ discount off custom beverages to any customer using a reusable container.
- Offer vegetarian options at outlets across campus.
- Serve Java City, Eco Grounds Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified coffees in the residential dining hall, the Roadrunner Cafe.
- Celebrate employee birthdays with cards certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
- Implementing plates made of bagasse, the typically unused pulp of sugar cane, at Bène and Montague's locations in the JPL and Downtown.
- 100% of fryer oil used at dining locations is recycled locally for the creation of biodiesel fuel.
- Collect Frito Lay chip bags and Mars candy wrappers for TerraCycle 'upcycle' program. For each bag and wrapper sent to TerraCycle, a two cent donation will be made to the UTSA Student Affairs Transformation Fund.
- The Eco To-Go takeout program allows diners to take a meals to-go in reusable plastic containers at the Roadrunner Cafe.
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