The purpose of this study was to examine waste sorting at WPI and analyze its process and efficiency. We compared WPI’s method to other institutions, interviewed people responsible for implementing sustainability at WPI, inventoried waste receptacle areas to help the Facilities Department implement uniform bins, and surveyed students, faculty, staff, and custodians to see how they felt and what they knew about recycling. Finally, we analyzed our data to develop recommendations for changing and improving WPI waste sorting.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Sandoval, Eduardo P
• Sandoval, Stacey Chaves
• Sokoloff, Brian James

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050415-104805

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Social aspects
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Looft, Fred J.
• LePage, Suzanne

Year

• 2015

Center

• Sustaining WPI On-Campus Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2015-05-04

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-13