On September 11, 2008, a total of 60 grill orders were left abandoned in Cabot and Pforzheimer dining halls. Plates of chickwiches, cheeseburgers, bean burritos, grilled chicken breasts, and Boca burgers all waited patiently to be claimed, but to no avail. Food was ordered but ultimately forgotten. This was food waste at its worst.
But Anabela Pappas and Maria Silva, two Green Skillet all-stars, saw more than a problem; they saw an opportunity for a Green Skillet project! And so, the Wall of Shame was born. The grill cooks keep track of how many of their creations are left behind and weekly waste tallies are presented on the Wall of Shame. The house Reps also work to keep the students informed of all their food waste.
Their project has been a great success thus far. Abandoned orders numbered eleven in early December, down from sixty in September. The Wall of Shame is proving that guilt trips do indeed work!
Hopefully by the New Year, no little chickwich will ever be left behind!
Ordered but forgotten. This was food waste at its worst.