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<\/a>\u201cThe second piece is eco-packaging\u2014so compostable, recyclable packaging,\u201d he says. \u201cSo no more styrofoam, no more non-compostable plastic, and for the most part we\u2019re trying to use craft paper or fibre. The third part, which kind of goes along with the second part, is the reusable-container program. I\u2019ve been involved in reusable-container programs in the past that were single-entity programs and they have not been successful, just because they didn\u2019t get the traction. This container program has the backing of about 20 people signed up within Greater Victoria. And it is transferrable from restaurant to restaurant or institution to institution.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The program will launch as soon as the containers have arrived, \u201cas shipping is a huge issue,\u201d says Lang, who stresses that this is a Culinary Arts initiative, not a Camosun College or Aramark initiative.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll have containers available for purchase,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen they come into the cafeteria it is required that they pre-purchase their container before they get their food. So they bring it up to either our short-order area or cafeteria entree line and present it as the vessel they want to receive their food in. [Then they] enjoy their food, take it home and wash it themselves… When they do come back in, they bring in the cleaned container, we put it into an inventory of used containers for sanitizing, give them a cleaned, sanitized container, and they go ahead and purchase their food.\u201d<\/p>\n As for what Bread and Butter hopes to achieve, Lang says that the collective\u2019s goal with this initiative is to reduce the amount of packaging out there.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not going to not use plastic at this point, but we can use it more responsibly,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Lang feels that initiatives like this one aren\u2019t hard for people to take part in, and says that he doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s too much to ask people to make the effort.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the idea of using less or being more conscious about what we use is not a new idea. It has existed for a long time,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten away from conscious thought in what we do for a long time… I would just challenge other people to just do the basics and stop talking and start doing. Because it\u2019s not that hard.\u201d<\/p>\n