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Trash Tally
Take the garbage you collected in just one day. Sort it by material type. The categories will be:
Plastic 1&2 Carboard
Paper Organics- food waste
Metal Other
Fill out the chart. Tally each piece of garbage under waste item next to the right category. Then put another tally mark under whether that same item should be recycled or trashed. Add up each column and put the Total Number in bottom row of the chart. Review your numbers.
Material Waste Item Recycle Trash Example I�III III II Plastic #1 & # Other Plastics Paper Cardboard Metal Organics (ex. apple core or banana peel)
Other Totals:
Check Your Work: It is very important to mark down your data correctly. Wrong or missing numbers will affect use or review of the data later on.
Take one category and add the Recycle Column to the Trash Column. It should equal the number of tallied waste items in that category.
- _______________: _________________ + ______________ = _______________ Category # Recycle Items # Trash Items # Waste Items
Now take the Total Waste Tallied and subtract the Total Recycle Items. You should get the total number of Trash Items.
- ________________ - ______________ = _________________ Total Waste Total Recycle Items Total Trash
Take a look at the total number of recycle items and compare it to trash items.
Answer the following questions based on the Trash Tally Chart.
- How many total items did you collect for disposal in one day? _____________
- Did you have more recycle items than trash items? _________________
- Name three items from your one-day collection. Tell us the reason why you chose to- trash it or recycle it.
1:_____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2:_____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3:_____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
- There are 7 days in one week. Multiply each total by seven to get how many pieces of waste, trash and recycles you dispose of in one week.
a) Total One Day Waste Items: ______________ X 7 = ____________weekly waste items
b) Total One Day Recycle Items: _____________ X 7 = ____________weekly recycle items
c) Total One Day Trash Items: ____________ X 7 = ____________weekly trash items
- There are 52 weeks in one year. Take the weekly totals above and multiply each by 52. You will get an estimate of how much waste, recycles and trash you create in a year.
a) Total Weekly Waste Items: _____________ X 52 = ____________ yearly waste items
b) Total Weekly Recycle Items: _____________ X 52 = ____________ yearly recycle items
c) Total Weekly Trash Items: _____________ X 52 = ____________ yearly trash items
Please keep in mind that these numbers are estimates based on your one day of collection. Different daily activities will generate more or less waste. For example: School Days compared to Summer Days. More data, or total waste items, would have to be collected, counted and sorted in order to get a more accurate picture of how much and what kind of waste you make. You can also measure the waste in weight such as pounds or kilograms. This is how the waste industry measures garbage and recycle materials. The average person in New York creates 4.5lbs of waste per day.
