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To gain support for our project we would like to prove that it could be successful by achieving a 70% decrease in contamination in our paper towel collection bins. | To gain support for our project we would like to prove that it could be successful by achieving a 70% decrease in contamination in our paper towel collection bins. | ||
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Revision as of 23:57, 14 December 2011
Introduction
In 2010 HSU disposed roughly 900 tons of waste a year, some of which can be diverted from the landfill to meet Assembly Bill 341’s requirement of 75% diversion by year 2020. To meet that goal, the campus is aggressively looking for more ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. This project is intended to create a possible solution for diverting additional waste from the landfill in order to meet this goal. As an early adopter to the HWMA pilot study the Department of Sustainability along with Waste Reduction and Resource Awareness Program(WRRAP) will be collecting food waste from two main cafeterias to determine the mass and volume generated on campus. The data will help as HWMA is preparing to bring a municipal anaerobic digester online as early as January 2012.
Anaerobic digestion is the decomposition of organic matter by microorganisms in an oxygen free (anaerobic) environment, creating biogas, residual solids and liquids [1] The biogas will be used to power the actual digesting plant, thereby reducing HWMA’s dependence on electricity and their Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG’s). The residual solids and liquids are nutrient-rich and valuable soil amendments, with the possibility of providing an additional source of revenue for the facility [2].
For more information see Anaerobic digestion wiki.
Understanding the Market
There are many institutions such as schools, companies, and municipalities that have incorporated a paper towel diversion program. The following institutions reduce their solid waste by composting their paper towels:
Many anaerobic digestion technologies are commercially available and have been demonstrated for use with agricultural wastes and for treating municipal and industrial wastewater. There are very few examples of institutions utilizing municipal anaerobic digesters:
- [University of California, Berkeley]
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Project Goals
Our overarching strategic goal is to simply reduce the amount of waste being generated on campus and transported long distances to the landfill. This will in turn, reduce the GHG emissions associated with HSU and hopefully complement the future food waste-composting program being studied. Many stakeholders, including HSU, the campus Sustainability Department, WRAAP, and HWMA, share this goal.
In order to meet our strategic goal, we need to implement several programmatic goals or objectives. The following is a comprehensive list of what these goals are in chronological order:
- Develop and maintain relationships with all stakeholders.
- Research existing policy framework and determine if paper towels can be legally composted in the county.
- Research similar programs at other colleges.
- Research the type and brand of paper towels currently being used on campus and determine if they are an efficient feedstock for an anaerobic digester.
- Observe custodians during work and discuss issues and troubleshoot obstacles pertaining to collection methods.
- Perform a baseline study of current paper towel waste generation in a random sample of bathrooms on campus on campus to determine estimates of volume and weight.
- Perform a behavior change study to determine how well students are informed and can comply with a possible bathroom towel waste-composting program.
- Compile an organized planning document for future students to use to implement the actual paper towel waste composting program in the future
To gain support for our project we would like to prove that it could be successful by achieving a 70% decrease in contamination in our paper towel collection bins.
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