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