Post from Eliora Guillory

Now that our semester is coming to an end, so is our part of the recycling project. I think we have all worked together really well in getting this project started. Although we didn’t finish it in its entirety, I think we got a lot accomplished. We made maps of recycling bins in the major buildings, and monitored them. In my opinion, I think the monitoring process should have been more standardized. Since we weren’t sure when the recycling was being picked up by the janitors, it could have affected our results. Also, the times we went could have skewed the results as well. We spoke about this in our group meeting. Some of us considered morning monitoring to be at 7:30 am, while others checked at 11 am for morning. It should have been more standardized for better results. Besides that, I think this was a good project. It made us realize that bins should be more strategically placed around campus. Also, when I was monitoring bins I saw a lot of wrong items in the bins. For example, there would be paper in the plastic bins. Although it seems simple enough not to put paper in a plastic bin, maybe we should better inform campus about why it is important to make sure to put your recyclables in the correct bin. This project was very informative for me.