/sustainability/taxonomy/term/511/all en /sustainability/law-plate-club-sp0033 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>February 2011 - August 2011</p> <p>The Faculty of law holds many events such as weekly cocktails, wine and cheese gatherings, presentations where food and drink are offered and many other events where plates, utensils and glasses are used.</p> <p>Members of the committee noticed that disposable items were frequently used at these events; our estimates were that a minimum of 300 disposable paper plates were thrown out every week, with a similar high amount of plastic cups disposed of weekly.</p> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:19:39 +0000 helen.bowman@mail.mcgill.ca 272 at /sustainability