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Aramark Dining Services at Stephen F. Austin State University receives Keep Texas Beautiful award

Aramark Dining Services at Stephen F. Austin State University was recently nominated by Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful (KNB) for its efforts to protect the Texas environment and to make Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation. Keep Texas Beautiful will present Aramark with the Ebby Halliday and Maurice Acers Business/Industry Award, which recognizes businesses with sound environmental principles supporting the Keep Texas Beautiful and Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful mission, during its 51st annual conference in June.

The Keep Texas Beautiful award program identifies individuals, businesses, media outlets and government agencies that have made an impact in their community. Aramark was recognized for its sustainability programs on the SFA campus.

“Aramark Dining Services at SFA is dedicated to sustainability and strives to play an active role in sustainability on the SFA campus through student engagement programs and significant investment in recycling infrastructure, following the motto of “Bleed purple; think green,” said Candace Bell, Aramark Marketing Manager. “With support and the purchase of a recycling infrastructure, SFA is now the only place in Nacogdoches that offers a public-space recycling program.”

According to Bell, Aramark supported the launch of the first campus-wide plastic recycling program at SFA in 2017.

Aramark employs an SFA student as a sustainability intern to manage and support sustainability programs on campus.

“We engage student organizations through plastics-recycling collection and competition at sporting events” said Jenna Gonyea, Aramark Sustainability Student Intern at SFA. “We participate in RecycleMania, a program that promotes waste reduction activities on university campuses across the nation, by tracking SFA’s campus-wide recycling of 39,530 pounds for 2017. We perform quarterly student-operated food waste audits and have donated more than 3,378 pounds of food to Godtel Ministries.”

In 2014, Aramark initiated a 100-percent transition to reusable to-go containers at on campus dining halls and has since saved more than 230,000 Styrofoam containers from entering the Nacogdoches landfill each year, Bell said.

A full list of Keep Texas Beautiful award winners and information about the conference can be found at www.ktb.org.

About Keep Texas Beautiful
Keep Texas Beautiful is a network of dedicated Texans working together to make our state the best place to live, work and play. We equip local partners and affiliates with the tools they need to build vibrant, engaged communities. Founded in 1967, Keep Texas Beautiful has 50 years of experience deploying resources for local clean-up, recycling and youth engagement efforts. Everything we do is focused on mobilizing volunteers to take action across the state. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, we lead more than 400 affiliates and reach 21 million Texans annually. We are proudly based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.ktb.org, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @keeptxbeautiful.

About Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful
Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful and partners generate a positive impact on the Nacogdoches community and encourage citizens to take action. KNB enhances the Nacogdoches community by encouraging individual responsibility in three main areas: litter prevention, waste reduction and beautification.

About Aramark Dining Services at Stephen F. Austin State University
Aramark has operated food service at Stephen F. Austin State University for more than 30 years, serving more than 5,000 meal-plan holders on campus, including commuter students, on-campus students, and faculty and staff. Aramark operates two all-you-care-to-eat dining halls, 11 retail restaurants, concessions at athletic sports events and catering for the East Texas area.

Environmental sustainability is a fundamental part of Aramark’s mission, guiding the company’s operations. Environmental impact is reduced through practices that enrich and support the natural environment. Through Green Thread, an environmental sustainability platform, innovative and efficient solutions are brought to life.
For more information, visit sfadining.com follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @SFADining.

About Aramark
Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) is in the customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms, wherever people work, learn, recover and play. United by a passion to serve, our 270,000 team members deliver experiences that enrich and nourish the lives of millions of people in 19 countries around the world every day.