Campus Trash Audit Findings and Recommendations
The campus trash audit conducted by Yusef Abuissa, Delaney Albrecht, Jordan Barnett, Cole Billings, and Sydney Bortscheller revealed significant misplacement of recyclables and trash on campus. Through methodologies involving collection, weighing, and analysis, they found that a considerable percentage of materials in both trash and recycling bins were misplaced. The findings underscore the need for improved waste management practices and greater awareness among students. Further details can be found in the online pamphlet provided.
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CAMPUS TRASH AUDIT By: YusefAbuissa, Delaney Albrecht, Jordan Barnett, Cole Billings, and Sydney Bortscheller
METHODOLOGIES We traveled to three locations and asked for a bag each of recycling and trash to be set aside after collection We then weighed the misplaced materials in each bag 44.8lbs 2.9lbs
MOTIVATION Since there are so many students on campus using the trash, changing trash habits here can have a big impact Misplaced trash is a big deal Really simple and easy to correct our mistakes It's apparent people don't properly recycle
FINDINGS In our audit, we sorted through 44.6 pounds of designated garbage and 26.0 pounds of designated recycling. We removing and weighed anything that didn t belong and calculated the % that was misplaced. In the end 6.5% of the material in the trash by weight was recyclable 30.4% of the material in the recycling bins wasactually trash. There was a lot of compostable material, but compost is very easily contaminated so compost collection would be tricky.
