Reusable
With our ToGo program, we aim to further promote sustainability in our campus dining facilities. Our goal is to gradually reduce the packaging waste generated by single-use tableware. Please support us in this effort!
What reusable options are available at our facilities?
Coffee cups by Kahla
With our deposit-free, stylish porcelain coffee cups from the Kahla porcelain manufactory in Thüringen, we offer a high-quality and sustainable alternative to disposable to-go cups.
The cups, including lids, are available in two different sizes and design options and can be purchased in the colors of your choice.
Standard retail prices:
0.35 L cup for 6,20 €
0.47 L cup for 7,00 €
Lid for 2,30 € (various colors available)
Current summer semester promotion:
0.35 L cup incl. 2 lids and 1 hot drink of your choice:
S 6,20 € M 6,60 € L 7,00 €
0.47 L cup incl. 2 lids and 1 hot drink of your choice:
S 7,00 € M 7,50 € L 8,00 €
Reusable boxes from Relevo
Together with our partner Relevo, we want to make another contribution to sustainability in our campus dining facilities. These simple and eco-friendly to-go options are available in all our dining halls and cafeterias in Chemnitz, Zwickau, and Glauchau.
If you’re not eating your meal on-site in our dining hall or cafeteria, why not opt for reusable options and save an additional 30 cents compared to single-use items?
Thank you very much and enjoy your meal.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those who register via the Relevo app or the website app.relevo.de before placing their first to-go order can participate in the sustainable reusable system.
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Download the Relevo app from Google Play or the App Store OR visit the website app.relevo.de and register for free. Registration is required because this is the only way the system can recognize that you are participating in the program and track which reusable containers you have borrowed. Only the personal data that is absolutely necessary for using the reusable container system is collected. You can find more information about data protection on the Relevo website. The Studentenwerk Chemnitz-Zwickau does not collect any personal data itself. Nor do we have access to the data processed during the reservation process in the app.
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Let us know at the pickup counter that you’d like to take your food home in Relevo’s reusable containers. While at the pickup counter, scan the QR code on the reusable container using your Relevo app or the website app.relevo.de.
Show the scan confirmation on your smartphone at the register to complete your order.
At the pickup counters in the Mensa Ring or Mensa StraNa, please show the booking confirmation to the staff. The 30-cent rental fee will be charged there by tapping your card on a separate payment terminal at the counter. Thank you very much!
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Whether you're out in a field, in a dorm, or at work—enjoy your meal with peace of mind wherever you want.
If it takes a little longer, the Relevo dishes can be placed in the microwave without the lid for a maximum of 2 minutes at 600 watts (Warning: The lids are not microwave-safe!!!). However, please do NOT heat the dishes in the oven!
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If you choose one of Relevo’s sustainable reusable to-go options, we’ll charge a to-go system usage fee of 0,30 € at checkout for each reusable container you borrow. For a single-use container, we charge 0,60 €.
To avoid additional costs, the Relevo reusable tableware must be returned within 14 days. You will receive several reminders about the return deadline via both the app and email during these two weeks. This deadline can be extended once by 5 days in the app. After that, Relevo will charge you a 10 € climate fee for each item of tableware not returned on time, and the item will be considered purchased. This is intended to enable and ensure sustainable circular use. After all, the tableware shouldn’t pile up in the office or at home, but should be returned promptly to the cafeteria or dining hall.
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Please return the Relevo reusable tableware to our facilities during business hours or to any other Relevo partner* within 14 days.
At the Reichenhainer Straße cafeteria, please return the tableware to the cafete55 at the pizza station.
At our other locations—the StraNa cafeteria, the Ring cafeteria and the Scheffelberg cafeteria—please return the items at the cash register.
At the Glauchau cafeteria, a return cart for Relevo containers is available next to the serving counter.
Please ensure that the Relevo tableware is free of large food residues and visually clean when returned. (Feel free to give it a quick rinse beforehand ;). The containers are also dishwasher-safe. )
Containers that are heavily soiled, moldy, and therefore no longer usable will be reported to Relevo and billed at Relevo’s discretion. The same applies to attempts to defraud the system during return!* In the Relevo app, you can find the current restaurant partners from all over Germany.
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The bowls offered by Relevo are manufactured by ORNAMIN and, like the burger, sushi, and pizza boxes made from polypropylene by other manufacturers, are produced entirely in Germany. ORNAMIN is committed to sustainable production and recycles 100% of its reusable tableware at the end of its life cycle by shredding used and, if necessary, damaged bowls and then processing them into new bowls.
A single Relevo bowl can be reused up to 1.000 times, making it one of the most sustainable ways to avoid single-use waste.
Although the single-use packaging we currently use was also selected based on sustainability criteria (e.g., compostable), it is rarely disposed of properly through proper recycling.
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All tableware we put into circulation—including Relevo’s reusable containers—is cleaned in multi-tank dishwashers in accordance with strict hygiene standards. This process is audited several times a year through internal quality control checks and external hygiene inspections, and compliance with the required temperatures is documented daily. We thus comply with legal requirements regarding the distribution of hygienically sound tableware and similar items.
In our opinion, this level of safety is not adequately ensured for containers brought in by customers (no matter how clean they may appear), meaning the risk of microbiological contamination is significantly increased.
Although our responsibility is limited to ensuring the impeccable condition of food “only” up to the filling process, we bear full responsibility for hygienically impeccable operational processes.
The risk of contamination of utensils (ladles, scoops, tongs, etc.), other food items, or the surrounding area when filling containers brought in by customers is no longer controllable to the extent that we require—and that our guests have a right to expect. -
Relevo’s reusable tableware is primarily made of high-quality styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) plastic, and the lids are made of TPE (thermoplastic elastomers). Some items, such as burger and sushi boxes as well as pizza boxes, are made of recycled polypropylene (PP). All tableware items are manufactured in Germany and are completely free of BPA and melamine. This makes them ideal for use as to-go tableware, even for hot foods. In addition, they are considered very durable, good at retaining heat, and resistant to acid (in terms of discoloration).