Download - 2013 Waste Audit Team Poster
Background:
The Waste Audit Team is made of 5 UC Berkeley students
dedicated to decreasing the amount of waste produced on
campus. The members are Hanna Miller, Chika Kondo,
Brenly Stapley, John Ezaki, and Leela McDowell. They collect
the waste from buildings, sort through it, and then report back
on the findings, providing suggestions on how to reach the
goal of zero waste. This project was started from the desire to
create a uniform waste audit protocol so the data generated
by different groups can be compared and relied upon because
of consistency in procedure. It is funded by The Green
Initiative Fund.
Carboard 3% Metal and Glass
4%
Mixed Paper
7%
Landfill 13%
All Plastic 32%
Compost 41%
Total Waste Sorted 2012-2013
Process:
• The team organizes an audit with buildings on campus.
• The landfill waste is collected and a multiple day audit is
performed to get a full picture of what the buildings waste
composition is.
• The waste is sorted into 6 categories: Landfill; Mixed paper;
Cardboard; Compost; Metal and Glass; All Plastic.
• All Plastic is further broken down into the plastic number
categories with the help of the TGIF funded Zero Waste
Research Center.
• The team goes through the waste, weighing out the amounts
found in each category.
• Common items found in the waste for a building are
documented with pictures and notes
Implementation:
After the audit is finished, the team meets with the
building manager to discuss ways to overall reduce
the amount of materials that end up in the landfill.
Category California
Hall Haas
Pavilion Crossroads
Wurster Hall
Stanley Hall
Total Percentage
Cardboard 4 53 10 26 38 131 3%
Metal and Glass
7 21 23 64 36 151 4%
Mixed Paper
2 11 76 133 31 253 7%
Landfill 13 72 21 150 231 487 13%
All Plastic 38.5 55 132 341 660.5 1227 32%
Compost 64 156 217 789 339 1565 41%
Total 128.5 368 479 1503 1335.5 3814 100%
Buildings Audited 2012-2013 (In pounds)
This chart is of the total amount of waste sorted into each category
from all of the buildings audited from August 2-12 until March 2013.
These are the buildings audited between August 2012 and March 2013. The numbers
shown are given in pounds for all of the categories sorted into. The percentages given
on the right are for the total amount of each category in the overall waste sorted
through.