Corporate Cafeterias Go Green and Healthy
企業員工餐廳走環保和
Eating right at the office just got a little easier
想在上班地點吃得健康,沒那麼難囉
Forget about greasy hamburgers and french fries. Major employers such as Cisco Systems, Dow Chemical and others are overhauling cafeteria fare in a new effort to introduce healthier foods and programs that slash environmental waste. Companies hope that low-fat or low-calorie menu items will lead to savings in health care costs. And the move comes as employers increasingly go green—adopting such policies as turning cafeteria waste into compost in an effort to minimize environmental impact. Cox Enterprises in Atlanta, Georgia, has also put a major emphasis on going green: Food-service packaging is produced using sustainable, renewable plant sources (plates and bowls, for example, are made from sugar cane, and cups and salad plates are made from corn—both of which disintegrate in up to 60 days)...