Trashcan Jackson

Trashcan Jackson

Research Question:
We are going to investigate how much people throwaway when they could recycle, and how much people recycle that should be thrown away.


Hypothesis:
We believe that there is going to be a large percentage of thrown away goods that could be recycled. We also believe that although there is a recycle bin next to the trashes, there will still be a good amount that is thrown away that could be recycled. We also think that in the recycle bins there will be some, but not a ton, of recycled goods that should have been thrown away. All of this points to our overall point for this project as a whole; that we believe there is not enough understanding about recycling and that recycling could be much more effective and could help the planet if people understood.


Variables:
Control: The trashcans used, what is considered trash/recyclables
Independent Variable: The absence or presence of the recycling bin
Dependent Variable: How much trash/recycling is collected

Materials:
4 trashcans to collect trash
One trashcan to put the collected trash into
Recycle bins
Gloves
Paper/Pencil

Procedure:
1) Decide which 4 trashcans to use
2) After lunch for 3 days collect the bins. *NOTE Do not have recycle bins in the area
3) Count how much trash is in each trash can, and how many recyclables there are in the trash cans.
4) Replace the bins
5) On the fourth day, put at least 2 recycle bins in the hallway you chose to have the trashcans in.
6) Count the trash in the trashcan, as well as the recyclables
7) Count what is recyclable in the recycle bin. Also take note if any non-recyclables are in the bin.


Data: (There is a different post for these Data collections)



What we still need to do:

One more day of trashcans
Three more days of Trashcans/recycling