garbology and solid waste management
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Garbology and Solid Waste Management. Jessica Herrell, Marissa Summitt, Hannah Pilkington, Joel Moody, and Tersugh (Tess) Tivzenda Ariane Schratter’s Class. The Essence of Garbage . What is Garbology? Blount County- Nation’s Leader in Aluminum Can recycling - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Garbology and Solid Waste Management
Jessica Herrell, Marissa Summitt, Hannah Pilkington, Joel Moody, and Tersugh (Tess) Tivzenda
Ariane Schratter’s Class
THE ESSENCE OF GARBAGE What is Garbology? Blount County- Nation’s Leader in Aluminum Can
recycling Sevier County Composting Plant- One of Seven in World Do you want a Ball Park Frank from 1974? Garbage to Art- Chris Jordan Butterfly Glass Art
Cell Phones 2007- Depicts 426,000 cell phones retired in
the U.S each day
BLOUNT COUNTY LANDFILL Not a dump Covers 500 acres 30-40 years left on the site 1989 Diapers What can you do with landfills
after they are filled?
LANDFILL CONT. Incinerator-Brush Only New Cell Being Built Trees= No Trash Birds= Bad News
LANDFILLS CONT. Recycle #1 & #2 plastics,
newspapers, cardboards, tires, and motor oils Can make t-shirts from plastic
150 million
tons
Plastic log
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN-BUTTERFLY GAP Helped ‘Keep Blount Beautiful’ 4 Students dropped every tenth of a mile Each student filled at least 1 entire garbage bag
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN-BUTTERFLY GAP CONT. Found interesting items: burnt aluminum cans, a
basketball, car parts, TV's, & hypodermic needles Some cans had to be pulled half way out of the ground Housing property goes down due to garbage Stray dogs get set out in this area
DISSECTING FAMILY GARBAGE Dissected a family’s garbage they collected
for one week-we knew nothing about the family
Only thing the family kept out of the trash was mail due to privacy issues
DISSECTING FAMILY GARBAGE• After inspecting the bags of trash we
concluded that the household consisted of three kids and a single parent
• The ages ranging from 6 to 12• We found a bag full of toys, that adolescents
usually play with.• We did not find any male products.• We also inferred that the household had one
pet, in particular a ferret. Reason being we found black and gray hairs, and a bag of ferret feces.
DISSECTING FAMILY GARBAGE CONT. The family is fairly health conscious. For instance we found a box full of chewable
vitamins, quacker oatmeal, fruit, fruit bowls and special k diet bars.
Found nutritious meat products such as poultry, beef, and fish.
QUESTIONNAIRE Does the family recycle? NO Does the family consume any alcoholic beverages?
NO Is the family health conscious? YES Does the family have a garbage disposal? NO Does the family use credit cards of any kind?
Inconclusive What is the sole provider(s) occupation? Inconclusive-
but we did find higher level biology work that lead us to believe the mom may be in school
Is the family vegetarian? NO Can you tell what religion the family practices? NO What hobbies does the family partake in? Inconclusive Does the family have a pet of any kind? YES
CHARTS COMPARING FAMILY GARBAGE
YardPaperGlassMetalsPlasticsFoodother
Category
11.6%
7.4%
8.0%
8.5%
7.0% 39.9%
17.6%
Family Garbage in 1988
FAMILY IN 2008
Paper ProductsMetalsPlasticsFoodother
Category
41.2%
15.1%
14.8%
1.5%
27.4%
Family Garbage
SPECULATING AMOUNT OF GARBAGE
Type Spring Summer FallYard Waste INCREASE INCREASE INCREASEPaper Products SAME DECREASE INCREASEGlass SAME SAME SAMEMetals DECREASE DECREASE INCREASEPlastics SAME INCREASE DECREASEFood SAME INCREASE DECREASEOther SAME SAME SAME
GARBAGE TO COME
TYPE ONE MONTH ONE YEAR
Food Waste 7.868 lbs. 102.284 lbs.
Paper Waste 14.2624 lbs. 185.41 lbs.
Total Waste 52.08 lbs. 677.04 lbs.
CONCLUSION This family does not recycle- if they did it
would cut down on landfill waste We are a throw away society Recycling does not always work but it does
help Remember “Reduce, Re-use, & Recycle”-
1970s