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Getting the green light: Local campuses take steps to give ‘green dining’ the old college try (77 Square)

As college students head back to school in Madison this week, theyâ??ll be greeted at their campus dining halls by new ways to practice environmentally-friendly eating.

From greener packaging for carry-out meals to reducing plastic water bottles to finding more options for eating food thatâ??s raised in the area, they can enjoy options that didnâ??t exist even last year.