Consulting Project

Streamlining Upper Arlington High School Waste

Management

James Althans, Brandon Culp, Cheyenne Li, Loretta Mioranza, Jin Yan

Agenda

• Current situation• Desired state• Short-term ideas• Long-term ideas• Conclusion and next steps• Questions

CURRENT SITUATIONUpper Arlington High School

CURRENT SITUATION

No recycling program

Waste is $72.88 for first pickup

Recycling is free for

first pickup

New Environment

al Club

Open lunch

Motivation is

difficult

DESIRED STATEUpper Arlington High School

DESIRED STATE

Streamline waste

Zero waste

eventually

Have program

brand

Educate students

Save Money

SHORT-TERM IDEASUpper Arlington High School

Recycling Program

• “Green Bear Program”

• Bins

Environmental Club

• Organize• Implement

program

LONG-TERM IDEASUpper Arlington High School

Composting bins on-site

Environmental Club sorts trash

CONCLUSION & NEXT STEPS

Upper Arlington High School

CURRENT WASTE

3/3/14 Cafeteria Lunch Waste• General trash: 33.5 lbs. (approx. 4

barrels)• Recyclables: 53.7 lbs. (approx. 7

barrels)• Food waste: 50 lbs.

3/7/14 Kitchen Waste• Recyclables: 7.9 lbs. (approx. 1

barrel)• Food waste: 21.3 lbs.• **General trash not measured, but

very small amount

3/20/14 Coffee Shop Waste• General trash: 3.3 lbs. (1 bag)• Recyclables: 2.1 lbs. (1 bag)• Food waste: 22.1 lbs. (does not

include waste coffee) Dairy waste was included.

Zero!

DESIREDWASTE

CURRENT COST REPORT

• Trash removal =$437.29 for one month picked up 6 days/week

• Recycling removal = $195 for one month picked up 3 times/week

• Compost bins = $360.00 for 2 at $180.00/bin on Amazon

• Signage = approx. $75 for 100 flyers from FedEx Office

• Stickers for bins = $75 for 200 stickers from VistaPrint

DESIRED COST REPORT

• Recycling becomes standard

• Money savedCONCLUSION

• Environmental Club leads the way

• Recycling program starts

NEXT STEPS

TIMELINE: SHORT-TERM

Earth Day:

make school announcement about Green Bear Program

Environmental Club meeting

Talk to school board

Order signage

Another Environment

al Club meeting

TIMELINE: LONG-TERM

First meeting of the year

Order composting

bins

Install and use composting

bins (with help of committee)

Reconnect with school board, talk to school

newspaper, etc. to get the word

out

Evaluate

QUESTIONSThank You

SPECIAL THANKSJane Hunt, UAHS

Sarah, UAHSJustine, UAHS

Lori Pratt, The BlackwellTom Price, Price Farms, Ltd.

Doug Brokaw, EmersonKate Bartter, The Ohio State University

Deb Hoffman, Ohio EPAKristi Higginbotham, SWACO

Tim SwordZachary Grammel