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Withering the Waste Stream: Waste Diversion Principles for Classrooms and Communities.
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Withering the Waste Stream:Waste Diversion Principles for
Classrooms and Communities.
What is Waste?
• There is no waste in nature.
– Everything is FOOD for something else
– In sustainable practices, leftovers from one
process become either compost or feedstock for
another. See Bill McDonough ‘Cradle to Cradle’
Northpoint Press 2002
• Waste = resources out of place.
• Waste is evidence of inefficient processes.
• It’s not garbage until we throw it away.
Where Does Your Garbage Go?
Tons MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE by origin in FY 13-14
Carrboro 6,489
Hillsborough 3,311
Chapel Hill 14,746
Orange County 10,710
UNC 5,660
UNC Hospital estimated 2,900
Subtotal 40,916
"Other" OC, origin unknown 9,989
OC MSW Total (from NC DENR) 53,805
40,000 gallons of diesel
fuel.
This phase of the Orange County
MSW Landfill was in operation
from 1994-2013.
The Orange County Landfill
closed in July 2013
Methane is produced by the
anaerobic decomposition of
organic matter inside a landfills.
Landfills are the #1 producer of
methane in the US.
Methane is the most reactive
of the greenhouse gasses.
It is colorless, odorless, and
flammable.
2,706
1,291
2,296
307
1,353
7,277
5,268
Recyclable Paper 13%
Textiles 6%
Cans, bottles and scrap metal 11%
Hazardous waste and electronics 2%
Recyclable NON-BOTTLE PLASTICS 6%
Compostable wood, yard waste and food waste and 'wet paper' 36%Everything else (NOT recyclable or compostable) 26%
NOT RECOVERABLE
COMPOSTABLE
RECYCLABLE
20, 500 tons
2005 Residential Waste
Composition & Tonnage Orange County NC
4%
8%
1%
2%
0%
21%
1%
24%
16%
22%
1%
Trash Audit- Phillips Middle School 2012
WHITE OFFICE PAPER
MIXED PAPER MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPER
METAL CANS
PLASTIC BOTTLES
RIGID PLASTICS
LIQUIDS
PLASTIC FILM
COMPOSTABLE PAPER WASTE
COMPOSTABLE FOOD WASTE
PURE TRASH
Reusable
Multiple presentations, a waste
reduction plan, resulted in $5000
award for the school, and a trip to
Costa Rica for the kids.
The Three R’s
Initiative#1
Tip Your Liquids• Reduce- If you don’t want your milk,
don’t get it
• If you can’t finish your milk, tip it in the bucket;
don’t add extra weight to the trash
• Recycle Milk cartons! Don’t put them in the
trash, use the recycling bin.
Initiative#2Don’t trash unuseD items
• Reduce-recycle writing utensils (Sharpies, pencils,
etc.) Boxes will be setup in lunch room for collection
• We will have a “Free Bee” table in cafeteria and
library to collect your unused items like
food/binders/money (change)
Estes Hills 5th Grade
Recycling team, weekly
volumetric reports to
teachers and staff.
October -November
Keep America Beautiful Resources
REMANUFACTURE
PURCHASING RECYCLED PRODUCTS
REMANUFACTURE
PURCHASING RECYCLED PRODUCTS
COLLECTION
Recycling: The Economic Cycle
COLLECTION
Curbside, Apartment, School and
Commercial Collections
• Place your cart at the curb with 3feet clearance from cars, trees and other objects.
• Place cart with the cart lid opening toward the street.
• Line up the front of the cart so it is flush along the curb.
Plastics Perplexion! Unlocking the resin identification code…
Sorting and Processing
HOW DOES A MRF WORK?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFE5tD1CCI
REMANUFACTURE
REMANUFACTURE
REMANUFACTURE
It is NC State Law to Recycle your soda bottles!
PURCHASING
RECYCLED PRODUCTS
•Products are available
•Quality is as good or better
•Cost is competitive
BUYING RECYCLED
PAPER
•Cardstock
•Notebooks
•Office Paper
•Parchment for Brochures
•Greeting Cards
•Boxes/Packaging Products
•Toilet Paper and Paper Towels
BUYING RECYCLED
PLASTIC
•Apparel
•Carpeting and floor tile
•Office accessories
•Outdoor furniture
•Lumber
•Waste receptacles
•Traffic barricades/speed bumps
•Plastic Clamshells
BUYING RECYCLED
ALUMINUM AND STEEL
It is NC State law that aluminum cans cannot be landfilled. Aluminum and steel that is manufactured in this country contains recycled aluminum and steel.
Why Recycle?
• Save money in reduced disposal costs
– Dumpster Audit for your school
• Reduce carbon footprint
• Enhance image
• Good for the economy
– 17,000 recycling related jobs in North Carolina
• Provide re-manufacturers with feedstock
• Purchasing products made from recycled
materials supports recycling markets and
businesses in North Carolina and beyond
Look for this symbol on
products with recycled content.
Always ask for recycled
content alternatives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i-dCv7O8o
“My kids figured out that we waste
approximately 10 tons of milk each year, to
the tune of around $23000 (based on the
13 gallons that were tossed on our
collection day). They were shocked, to say
the least, and are trying to figure out how to
best spread the word.”
Kristin Bedell
Efland-Cheeks Science Teacher
Why Compost? • Reduce air, water and soil pollution.
• Reduce reliance on landfills.– 30% of what we throw away is food waste
• It’s a great teaching tool for biology, ecosystems, chemistry and math!
