{"id":13384,"date":"2013-01-24T09:08:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T19:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=13384"},"modified":"2020-12-11T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T01:59:54","slug":"greener-eateries-modernize-uh-manoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/01\/24\/greener-eateries-modernize-uh-manoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Greener eateries modernize <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Manoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQkjHsBUU-M\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Campus Center Food Court, BaLe at M&#257;noa Garden and Taco Bell on the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa campus are each sporting a new, modern and green look. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Definitely time for an update at our locations so we just wanted to offer a variety of seating for our students,&rdquo; said <strong>Erika Johnson<\/strong>, a marketing intern for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhmdining.com\">M&#257;noa Dining Services<\/a> managed by Sodexo. <\/p>\n<p>Over the Christmas break, M&#257;noa Dining Services replaced the 20-plus-year-old furniture with brand new tables, chairs and benches and added some higher tables and bar stool type seating. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really like it,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student <strong>Brandon Kobayashi<\/strong>. &ldquo;I like how it&#8217;s new, everything is new, it&#8217;s not old anymore.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It kind of gives a feel like the new generation and it&#8217;s updating from the old furniture,&rdquo; said fellow student <strong>Stephanie Rudolph<\/strong>. &ldquo;It&#8217;s nice.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Looks modern, looks very sleek and just 2013,&rdquo; added Johnson. <\/p>\n<p>It is a year of more seats&#8212;129 more chairs in the food court that now seats 382 and M&#257;noa Gardens increased its seating by 25 to 114 chairs. <\/p>\n<p>M&#257;noa Dining Services also made sure the update was good for the environment. The old furniture was recycled and the new tables are made from recycled wood fiber with a laminate made of soybean and corn. And the chairs students are sitting on in Taco Bell are green in more ways than one. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&#8217;re sitting on a 111 recycled soda bottles in each single chair, so about 17,000 bottles in all for all the chairs that we did,&rdquo; said Johnson. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&#8217;s good that we&#8217;re starting to use like reusable products and stuff like that,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student <strong>Joyce Gazmen<\/strong>. &ldquo;Helping the world one step at a time.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>All for cost of about $390,000, which also included new carpet. <\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, there are a lot of reasons for dining patrons to appreciate the new furniture.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really like these high tables,&rdquo; said Randolph laughing. &ldquo;Because they make me feel tall. 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