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>>Narrator Mark Rulona, University of Hawaii: The Campus Center Food Court, Bale at Manoa
Garden and Taco Bell on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus are each sporting a
new, modern and green look, and we’re not talking about the color of the chairs.
>>Erika Johnson, Sodexo marketing intern: Definitely time for an update at our locations
so we just wanted to offer a variety of seating for our students.
>>Narrator: Over the Christmas break, Manoa Dining Services managed by Sodexo, replaced
the 20-plus-year-old furniture with brand new tables, chairs and benches and added some
higher tables and bar stool type seating.
>>Brandon Kobayashi, UH Manoa student: I really like it. I like how it’s new, everything
is new, it’s not old anymore.
>>Stephanie Rudolph, UH Manoa student: It kind of gives a feel like the new generation
and it’s updating from the old furniture. It’s nice.
>>Johnson: Looks modern, looks very sleek and just 2013.
>>Narrator: The year of more seats. 129 more chairs in the Food Court that now seats 382
and Manoa Gardens increased its seating by 25 to 114. Manoa 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 these students are sitting on in Taco Bell are green in more ways than one.
>>Johnson: They’re sitting on a 111 recycled soda bottles, so each single chair, so about
17-thousand bottles in all for all the chairs that we did.
>>Joyce Gazmen, UH Manoa student: It’s good that we’re starting to use like reusable
products and stuff like that. Helping the world one step at a time.
>>Narrator: All for cost of about 390,000 dollars, which also included new carpet.Bottom
line. There are a lot of reasons to appreciate the new furniture.
>>Rudolph: I really like these high tables though, cause they make me feel tall because
I am really short.