UI Hospitals Cuts Waste and Boosts Recycling Initiatives
UI Hospitals reduced pre consumer food waste in 2013 to 212 500 servings valued at 137 350 accounting for 7 percent of prepared food. The hospital shifted to compostable containers, halted Styrofoam, and expanded donation of prepared food where safe. Table to Table and local partners pick up surplus meals to aid Crisis Center and Salvation Army.
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Terry Branstad
the Gazette
Lean Path
Table
Iowa City
The
Crisis Center
Free Lunch Program
Salvation Army
Johnson County
Iowa Memorial Union
David Wellendorf
Wellendorf
Jennifer
Jordan
Dolezal
Waste Management Inc
David Cook
Oxford
Hobart
Scott Turner
Cohief
Iowa City expands ELL services as student numbers surge
Iowa City district increases ELL staffing and programs after a 294 percent rise to 769 students last fall. The state funds five years per student but proficiency may take seven years, prompting calls for more state money and a broader approach to ELL education across Iowa.
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Stephen Murley
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
University of Iowa
Ames
Iowa State University
Yonas Michael
Ames Community
Murley
ELL
The
Gazette
City High
Becky Furlong
West High
Lisa Boyer
Lawrence
Mexico
Alissa Witske
Julio Gomes
Coco Zhang
You and I
Zhang
Sara Goering
Furlong
Rail industry pledges safety as Bakken crude flood grows
Edward Hamberger, head of the industry group, said rail moves 400000 crude oil cars last year up from under 10000 in 2008 and will strengthen safety with regulators, employees, customers and communities. Bakken supply drives rail use though DOT-111As cars face safety concerns after deadly Lac-Megantic and other fires.
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Safety
Edward Hamberger
Hamberger
North Dakota
Bakken
Lac- Megantic
Quebec
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Congress
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
DOT
BNSF
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