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


 * Amount of bottles Recycled Improperly**

.At CCDS Middle School, there is a recycling program. This program allows students and faculty to recycle plastic bottles. Many people attempt to recycle bottles with either fluid inside or a cap still on it, which the recycling company may throw in the trash. The goal of our project is to discover the percentage of misrecycled objects, educate the faculty and students, collect the percentage after the education, and propose our solution to end the problem with improperly recycling.
 * Introduction:**

Recycle bins 1-8 Hand counter Gloves sickness from fluids
 * Materials:**
 * Safety concerns:**


 * Procedure:**
 * Group 1:( dome, Sklut, outside the caferteria)
 * Group 2: (Gym, inside caferteria)
 * Group 4;(Sci courtyard, teenis courts)
 * Go to Group 3 recycle bins(rea hall, 7th 8th courtyard)
 * Collect & count all bottles out of the courtyard recycle bin
 * Collect & count all bottles out of rea hall
 * Add up all from both
 * Collect the percentage/ratio of bottles with caps
 * Add up how many bottles have fluid (and add up the percentage)
 * Combined Data of all the groups( both caps on and off)
 * Make a visual to show the class
 * Put anoucenment on Morning news
 * 2-3 days after Reapeat steps 1-8
 * Propose solution


 * Independent Variable:** Amount of education

Expermental Group: 2nd collection
 * Dependent Varible:** Amount of bottles properly recycled after anoucement
 * Control Group: 1st data coleection (after anoucement)

Data:**

Collection 1(before anouncement)


 * || **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** || **6%** || **4** || **1%** || **8%** ||


 * Total of all collections before announcement**


 * || **Bottles** || **of cap botls** || **% of cap botls** || **of botls w/ fluid** || **% of fld bottles** || **% of fld + btls** ||
 * **Total(before anounce)** || **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 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%** ||  ||
 * Total of Collections after announcement**
 * || **Bottles** || # **of cap botls** || **% of cap botls** || # **of botls w/ fluid** || **% of fld bottles** || **% of fld + btls** ||
 * **Total(after announcement)** || **367** || **40** || **11%** || **2** || **1%** || **11%** ||
 * **Total(after announcement)** || **367** || **40** || **11%** || **2** || **1%** || **11%** ||

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Some trends i have found with the graph above are trends with the number of caps and number of bottles with fluid and caps. the percentageof the amount of bottles with caps was the same and consistent. The number of bottles with both caps and fluids was high before the annocement and lower by 1% after the experiment.

Conclusion:
 Our hypothesis was supported because the number of bottles mis-used was higher before the announcement and even though the number of bottles mis-used was low we found that one bottle cap can ruin the whole batch. Some problems wtih this experiment are that NJHS did not pick up the bottles in time for our second run before the announcement which meant we were collecting bottles from the 1st run. This is an experimental error. We faced some problems with not having everyone in our group to collect bottles and time between collections. One solution we are proposing is a metal container for all caps so we can dispose of the botttles correctly.