Based in a former shipping container, the café’s food is being made on site and its produce is from local suppliers to reduce food miles. The café is currently open for takeaway orders and hospitality food packages.
Sarah Patten, hospitality manager at UCSP, said: “The Container Café is an exciting addition to the campus and perfectly complements our existing catering provision.
“As an organisation, we take great pride in selling quality and sustainably-sourced services and products to increasingly informed customers and are also proud to use local companies for the majority of our supplies.
“It will also serve as the new collection point for our Hospitality Shop, which was established at the beginning of the first lockdown in March and enables customers across campus to order food boxes and other food supplies.”
The café will offer minimal single-use plastics and all the packaging are made from sustainable plant-based or recycled materials supplied by Planglow.
Dr Samantha Davies, sustainability manager at the university, added: “Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, and an integral part of our University Strategy for the next decade and beyond.
“We have world-leading researchers in the sector, and are always looking for ways to harness their expertise to benefit what we are doing on our campus.
“This is emphasised through our commitments to sustainable food, and reducing our energy consumption and waste, and the Container Café showcases that to both the University and wider community.”