1. How many recycling trashcans do you see on campus? 2. How many of you see trashcans that are overflowing and/or messy?

1. How many recycling trashcans do you see on campus?2. How many of you see trashcans that are overflowing and/or messy?

SOLAR TRASH COMPACTORS

Group members: Zach LitchfordJasleen SidhuAmber SinghTram Hoang

Background and GoalsGoals:

to find solutions to reducing trash on campus.

To have a new environmentally friendly option for recycling and trash disposal

To increase the ability and reduce the cost for recycling over the long term

Product: Trash Compacter

A. Overall Machine Dimensions:

Height: 50.4” ; Width: 26.5” ;

Depth: 26.0”; Weight: 300 lbs

Bin volumne: 32 gallons

Liner bag: at least 48”H,47”W

Product (cont)B. Compaction Features:

Cycle time: 41 seconds

IC processor controlled system senses trash level (fully automated)

3-color LED status lamps

GPRS wireless data radio for online monitoring

C. Safety features:

Fully interlocked access doors protect and service personnel

Locked front waste removal door

Low-voltage system ( 12 Volts)

Benefits of trash compacter

1. Ease of use

2. Space savings

3. Labor savings

4. Savings time and money

5. Bag usage reduction

Benefits (cont)6. Sanitation improvement

7. CO2 emissions reduction

8. Enhancement of image

9. Increased recycling

Schedule1. Contact with the Department of

Management and Finance to plan how many trash cans need to be replaced.

2. Contact with BigBelly Solar to request a quote

3. Find suitable place for trash compactors

4. Assign the employee responsible for monitoring the system.

StaffingBefore

All of the janitorial crews empty waste bins.Trash cans are required to empty daily. There are five people working on the recycling team.

AfterSolar power compactors only need to be emptied five times a week => Labor saving only need three people working on recycling team=> Cost savings

Budget

Current:

A desk side bin: $10.00

A large fiberglass: $500

A rubbermaid “ slim jim”

in classroom: $100

Annual waste costs are $81,000

Budget (cont) The Big belly trash cans cost $4,000 per unit.

Battery replacement cost $20.00 per year.

Planning to install 2 recycling compactors outside and inside JSOM first.

Total cost: $8,000 initially

BigBelly Solar conducted a cost benefit analysis of using the compactors on Webster University's campus and estimated that the University could save up to $100,000 in ten years.

AuthorizationBenefits to facilities management

Benefits to students at UTD.

Approval from facilities management is needed.

“ If you care enough for the living , make a better place for you and for me”. (“Heal the world” – Michael Jackson)