Recycling+Performance

Kindle Loomis- kloomis@uvm.edu Jessica Mason- jessabm@yahoo.com Daniel Busi- dbusi@uvm.edu Ada Peters- ada.peters@uvm.edu
 * Members: **

To quantify the current trash and recycling that goes on in Aiken. Email the person who regular sorts the trash and recycling for the Davis Center. Educate others about importance of recycling/ what to recycle. Analyze the amount recycled before and after our Aiken recycling movement. Attend a faculty meeting/ student groups and present the information about recycling and how we can do better.
 * Goals: **
 * Data:**


 * |||||| Trash(g) |||||| Recycle(g) ||
 * || Trash % || Recycle % || Compost % || Trash % || Recycle % || Compost % ||
 * Floor 1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * North || 20 || 26 || 54 || 12.5 || 77 || 10.5 ||
 * Center || 11.5 || 13.5 || 74 || 0.5 || 80 || 19.5 ||
 * West || 26 || 21 || 53 || 3.5 || 86 || 10.5 ||
 * Student Lounge || 22 || 22.5 || 54.5 || 4.5 || 91.5 || 4 ||
 * Floor 2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Center || 46 || 10 || 44 || 9 || 88 || 3 ||
 * Dean's Suite || 44 || 3.5 || 52.5 || 0.5 || 99.5 || 0 ||
 * Laboratory || 40 || 10.5 || 49.5 || 0 || 99.5 || 0.5 ||
 * North || 39.5 || 21 || 39.5 || 5.5 || 88.5 || 6 ||
 * Floor 3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Center || 31.5 || 47 || 21.5 || 7 || 92.5 || 0.5 ||
 * Kitchen || 10 || 19 || 71 || 5 || 83 || 12 ||
 * North || 25 || 3.5 || 71.5 || 0 || 100 || 0 ||
 * West || 19.5 || 16.5 || 64 || 1.5 || 95.5 || 3 ||
 * Center || 30.5 || 22 || 47.5 || 0.5 || 99 || 0.5 ||
 * Analysis of Data:**
 * This data is the average of the two trash sorts conduced over a week apart. In this experiment we temporarily analyzed the contents of the trash and recycle bins, to decide whether it was trash, recyclable, or compostable. Then after separating, we weighed each pile to find the percentage of correctly placed garbage. We found that on average, only 26% of actual trash is being found in the trash bins. The other 74% is either compostable or recyclable.**
 * Analysis of Data:**
 * This data is the average of the two trash sorts conduced over a week apart. In this experiment we temporarily analyzed the contents of the trash and recycle bins, to decide whether it was trash, recyclable, or compostable. Then after separating, we weighed each pile to find the percentage of correctly placed garbage. We found that on average, only 26% of actual trash is being found in the trash bins. The other 74% is either compostable or recyclable.**



Step 3- Testing the Results

@Marche Boards

@Waste Audit



Video