Experiment
Materials:
Trash bin- I will record and quantify all items thrown away twice every week in my household. This will exhibit the amount of recyclable material that is mistakenly sent to landfills by the average home.
Recycling bin- Recording of what is recycled twice every week in my home will show the potential amount of waste that can be re-purposed.
Spreadsheet- This is what I will record my data collected every week.
Trash bin- I will record and quantify all items thrown away twice every week in my household. This will exhibit the amount of recyclable material that is mistakenly sent to landfills by the average home.
Recycling bin- Recording of what is recycled twice every week in my home will show the potential amount of waste that can be re-purposed.
Spreadsheet- This is what I will record my data collected every week.
Methods:
I will record in 2 Saturday-Monday periods as well as 2 Wednesday-Friday periods spanning over the 14th to the 29th. Tuesday is excluded because it is pick-up day, also so that the recording periods are even at 3 days. Starting Wednesday the 17th I will record until Monday the 22nd using only the trash bin and therefore including all potentially recyclable material in the trash bin. This first stage shows how much reusable waste households who don't recycle or don't have access to a recycling program send to landfills. The next period or recording is Wednesday the 23rd until Monday the 29th. This time I will include the recycling bin in the data collection and recycle as much as I can. This second stage shows how much of a difference using a recycling bin can make both physically and environmentally.
I will record in 2 Saturday-Monday periods as well as 2 Wednesday-Friday periods spanning over the 14th to the 29th. Tuesday is excluded because it is pick-up day, also so that the recording periods are even at 3 days. Starting Wednesday the 17th I will record until Monday the 22nd using only the trash bin and therefore including all potentially recyclable material in the trash bin. This first stage shows how much reusable waste households who don't recycle or don't have access to a recycling program send to landfills. The next period or recording is Wednesday the 23rd until Monday the 29th. This time I will include the recycling bin in the data collection and recycle as much as I can. This second stage shows how much of a difference using a recycling bin can make both physically and environmentally.