Puerto Rican recycling infrastructure is insufficient, and glass is a neglected material. Our team partnered with ENLACE, a community-based organization, to develop a small-scale self-sustaining glass recycling program to mitigate glass pollution in the Martín Peña communities, a historically low-income and underserved region. By analyzing start-up and operational costs, collection methods, and clients, our team compiled a detailed business plan that ENLACE can adapt for grant applications. The business plan is based on a dual-income model that provides free glass recycling services for the Martín Peña communities and charging collection services for neighboring businesses and selling pulverized glass to cement manufacturers.

• 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

• Harnisch-Weidauer, Leah
• Cain, Douglas
• Matthews, Claire
• Sunil, Priyankha

Subject

• Community
• Environment
• Project-Based Learning
• Sustainability
• Well-Being
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 91516
• E-project-030623-095517

Keyword

• Glass recycling
• waste management
• Recycling
• Cano Martin Pena

Advisor

• Davis, John-Michael
• Carrere, Alize

Year

• 2023

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2023-03-06

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030623-095517

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-04-19