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Garbology and Solid Waste Management

Garbology and Solid Waste Management. Jessica Herrell, Marissa Summitt, Hannah Pilkington, Joel Moody, and Tersugh (Tess) Tivzenda Ariane Schratter’s Class. The Essence of Garbage . What is Garbology? Blount County- Nation’s Leader in Aluminum Can recycling

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Garbology and Solid Waste Management

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  1. Garbology and Solid Waste Management Jessica Herrell, Marissa Summitt, Hannah Pilkington, Joel Moody, and Tersugh (Tess) Tivzenda Ariane Schratter’s Class

  2. The Essence of Garbage • What is Garbology? • Blount County- Nation’s Leader in Aluminum Can recycling • Sevier County Composting Plant- One of Seven in World • Do you want a Ball Park Frank from 1974? • Garbage to Art- Chris Jordan • Butterfly Glass Art Cell Phones 2007- Depicts 426,000 cell phones retired in the U.S each day

  3. Blount County Landfill • Not a dump • Covers 500 acres • 30-40 years left on the site • 1989 Diapers • What can you do with landfills after they are filled?

  4. Landfill Cont. • Incinerator-Brush Only • New Cell Being Built • Trees= No Trash • Birds= Bad News

  5. Landfills cont. • Recycle #1 & #2 plastics, newspapers, cardboards, tires, and motor oils • Can make t-shirts from plastic Plastic log 150 million tons

  6. Top of the Mountain-Butterfly Gap • Helped ‘Keep Blount Beautiful’ • 4 Students dropped every tenth of a mile • Each student filled at least 1 entire garbage bag

  7. Top of the Mountain-Butterfly Gap Cont. • Found interesting items: burnt aluminum cans, a basketball, car parts, TV's, & hypodermic needles • Some cans had to be pulled half way out of the ground • Housing property goes down due to garbage • Stray dogs get set out in this area

  8. Dissecting Family Garbage • Dissected a family’s garbage they collected for one week-we knew nothing about the family • Only thing the family kept out of the trash was mail due to privacy issues

  9. Dissecting Family Garbage • After inspecting the bags of trash we concluded that the household consisted of three kids and a single parent • The ages ranging from 6 to 12 • We found a bag full of toys, that adolescents usually play with. • We did not find any male products. • We also inferred that the household had one pet, in particular a ferret. Reason being we found black and gray hairs, and a bag of ferret feces.

  10. Dissecting Family Garbage Cont. • The family is fairly health conscious. • For instance we found a box full of chewable vitamins, quacker oatmeal, fruit, fruit bowls and special k diet bars. • Found nutritious meat products such as poultry, beef, and fish.

  11. Questionnaire • Does the family recycle? NO • Does the family consume any alcoholic beverages? NO • Is the family health conscious? YES • Does the family have a garbage disposal? NO • Does the family use credit cards of any kind? Inconclusive • What is the sole provider(s) occupation? Inconclusive-but we did find higher level biology work that lead us to believe the mom may be in school • Is the family vegetarian? NO • Can you tell what religion the family practices? NO • What hobbies does the family partake in? Inconclusive • Does the family have a pet of any kind? YES

  12. Charts Comparing Family Garbage

  13. Family in 2008

  14. Speculating Amount of Garbage

  15. Garbage to Come

  16. Conclusion • This family does not recycle- if they did it would cut down on landfill waste • We are a throw away society • Recycling does not always work but it does help • Remember “Reduce, Re-use, & Recycle”-1970s

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