8+Science+3+Kendon's+MSW+Project

Recycling Bottle Project8-3 2/10/10

At CCDS we have a recycling problem. At our school some students and faculty recycle the wrong way. We recycle bottle with fluids and caps on the bottle. When we do this the recycle company's through our bottles away. Our group is trying to discover the percentage of misrecycled objects, inform/educate student and faculty, collect the percentage after the education, and propose our solution to end the problem with improperly recycling. We will inform/educate students and faculty on the morning announcements. Hypothesis: If we inform and educate the students and faculty to recycle properly, then the number of bottles recycled properly will go up.
 * Introduction**:


 * Materials:**
 * Recycle bins 1-8
 * Hand counter
 * Gloves
 * Clip Board
 * Safety concerns:**
 * #13
 * #1
 * #3

Experimental Group- Second data collection[after announcement]
 * Procedure:**

Control Group- First data collection[before announcement]

Independent Variable- amount of education

Dependent Variable-amount of bottles properly recycled on campus

Group 1: dome/sklut and old Powerade machine. [Max and Gary] Group 2: inside cafeteria and outside gym. [Patrick and Lucie] Group 3: 7th and 8th grade courtyard and library. [ Edward and Justin] Group 4: science building courtyard and tennis courts [Akanimo and I]

1.Go to Group #4 recycling bin. 2.Take all plastic bottles out. 3.Count every plastic bottle. 4.Count how many bottles have caps on. 5.Count every bottle that has fluid. 6.Find the percentage of bottles that have caps. 7.Combine data of every bottle from other group. 8.Combine data of every bottle with cap in school from other groups. 9.Find total percentage and ratio of all bottles that have caps. 10.Put out announcement. 11.Combine data of every bottle with fluids in school from other group. 12.2-3 days after announcement repeat steeps 1-8 and record. 13:Propose solution.


 * Data Tables:**

Collection 1
 * || Total bottles || bottles w/ caps || % of cap bottles || bottles w/ fluid || % of fluid bottles || % of fluid + % caps ||
 * Group 1 || 12 || 6 || 50% || 1 || 8% || 58% ||
 * Group 2 || 117 || 18 || 10% || 7 || 6% || 21% ||
 * Group 3 || 68 || 16 || 24% || 3 || 4% || 28% ||
 * Group 4 || 5 || 2 || 40% || 0 || 0% || 40% ||
 * Total( all groups) || 202 || 42 || 21% || 11 || 5% || 26% ||

Collection 2(before announcement)


 * || Total bottles || bottles w/ caps || % of cap bottles || bottles w/ fluid || % of fluid bottles || % of fluid + % caps ||
 * Group 1 || 105 || 9 || 9% || 2 || 2% || 10% ||
 * Group 2 || 53 || 3 || 6% || 1 || 2% || 8% ||
 * Group 3 || 67 || 4 || 6% || 1 || 1% || 7% ||
 * Group 4 || 48 || 1 || 2% || 0 || 0% || 2% ||
 * Total( all groups) || 273 || 17 || 74% || 4 || 11% || 8% ||

Total of all collections before announcement


 * || Bottles || of cap bottles || % of cap bottles || of bottles w/ fluid || % of fluid bottles || % of fluid + bottles ||
 * Total(before announcement) || 475 || 52 || 11% || 15 || 3% || 14% ||

Collection One (after announcement)
 * || Total Bottles || Bottles w/ Caps || % of Cap Bottles || Bottles w/ fluid || % of Fluid Bottles || % of Caps + % of Bottles ||  ||
 * Group 1 || 50 || 12 || 24% || 1 || 2% || 26% ||  ||
 * Group 2 || 70 || 3 || 4% || 1 || 1% || 6% ||  ||
 * Group 3 || 22 || 3 || 13% || 0 || 0% || 13% ||  ||
 * Group 4 || 38 || 5 || 13% || 0 || 0% || 13% ||  ||
 * Total || 180 || 23 || 13% || 2 || 1% || 14% ||  ||

Collection Two (after announcement) Total of Collections [after announcement]
 * || Total Bottles || Bottles w/ Caps || % of Cap Bottles || Bottles w/ fluid || % of Fluid Bottles || % of Caps + % of Bottles ||  ||
 * Group 1 || 58 || 2 || 3% || 0 || 0% || 3% ||  ||
 * Group 2 || 18 || 2 || 11% || 0 || 0% || 11% ||  ||
 * Group 3 || 37 || 7 || 19% || 0 || 0% || 19% ||  ||
 * Group 4 || 74 || 6 || 8% || 0 || 0% || 8% ||  ||
 * Total || 187 || 17 || 9% || 0 || 0% || 9% ||  ||
 * || Bottles || # of cap bottles || % of cap bottles || # of bottles w/ fluid || % of fluid bottles || % of fluid + bottles ||
 * Total(before announcment) || 367 || 40 || 11% || 2 || 1% || 11% ||

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** Conclusion: **
I think that my hypothesis was correct because i said that if we inform and educate the students and faculty how to recycle properly, then the number of bottles recycled properly will go up. I was right, we educated students how to recycle properly(take the cap off and take out the fluid) and after the announcement the numbers went down. One of the problems that my group an I had was collect data. It was difficult to to collect data because my group members and i had different schedules so it was hard to collect data because we could not see each other out of science class.That was a human error. Our proposal is to get a plastic cup and attach it to the side of the the recycling bin and write a sign that says put caps here.