Recycling on Campus

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Lauren Fuess, Sweta Patel, Jonathan McMurray, Eliora Guillory, and Alison QueenRecycling on CampusIntroduction

Methods of Bin Mapping: Indoors

Recycle Bin Mapping: Outdoors

Mapping Results

Some areas had an excess of bins, others had a shortage

Placement often seemed odd.

In order for recycling to be effective bins need to be redistributed in a more systematic manner.

Methods of MonitoringSelected the following locations of recycling bins on campus:Maybank: steel bins located inside between the 2 front doorsStern Center: 1st floor blue bins located to left of the front deskLibrary: 1st floor blue bins on the right side of the main circulation deskOutside: Black containers behind the LibraryBlack containers in front of Maybank in Cougar MallContainers behind City Bistro (can/aluminum&glass/plastic) We agreed upon a scale in order to note the bins according to their fullness (empty, , , , full) Each member was to sign up for 15 time slots (Morning, Afternoon, Evening) over the course of 7 days to record recycling data in these areasRecorded our data online (to avoid using paper, of course!) through spreadsheets on Google Docs. Monitoring Results

Recording different binsNot all of them are measured at the same timesSome were not coveredUsually, recycling bins were at least 25% full but the waste bins were almost always more fullConclusions