WPI waste generation rates are rising, meaning increasing costs and environmental pressures. On campus, much of this waste is from disposable food containers. This study's purpose was to reduce disposable waste by assessing current waste management practices, researching new initiatives, and evaluating the feasibility of these initiatives. Students and faculty involved with sustainability initiatives were interviewed, and the WPI community was surveyed. All relevant data was analyzed to develop recommendations related to the implementation of a campus-wide reusable container program.

• 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

• Peccerillo, Stephen J.
• Curtin, James Sean
• Mooney, Shea Robert

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042618-132121

Keyword

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

Advisor

• LePage, Suzanne
• Rosbach, Derren

Year

• 2018

Center

• Sustaining WPI On-Campus Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2018-04-26

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-13