Case study - Bush system multi recycler Milwaukee secondary educational uses

Executive summary

Milwaukee's famous secondary school Bush system 'multi - recycler' began in 2010. Goal was increase the materials collected by using the single-stream recycling program. Successful case studies of how 'multi recycler' single stream programs dormitory on campus to support.

Background

Busch systems international

? leader of North American waste, composting, recycling containers, the past 25 years
?, set the industry standard of annual production of new molding boxes.
? container for each 100% recyclable recycling North America's 35% minimum contents

Multi recycler

? capacity 6 gallons
Stack to easily create ? recycling station
? inclined access easily
To eliminate the mess from ? liquids are spilt water proof
Open an ideal ? of single-stream recycling design

Analysis

In the secondary school of Milwaukee campus recycling program 2010 single-stream deployment goals for sets. Is a single-stream recycling separation materials recovery facility after one container to collect all recycling program. And easy to use and maintain this type of program is ideal for academic space. For this reason, recruitment of containers for a collection of three types of school:

1. Waste containers
2. To collect 'multi - recycler' mixed recycling aoshi increasingly.
To gather only the 3 paper green 'multi - recycler'

1200 'Multi - recycling' 513 single, double resident rooms was added. So student representative from the Milwaukee School "the understanding to be a part of our school to develop new recycling program recycle team goals and the larger community, for the past year has job. Team selected three main goals:

While 1. comply with federal and state privacy laws and protects sensitive information about students and employees.
2. Reduce the harmful effects for better environmental citizens and the environment
3. Reduce the cost associated to campus control and trash removal from

These three goals in mind in our school's sustainability ideas on college campuses across the country help further great opportunity to feel. ?

Collectively these goals, aims to increase recycling amounts were collected in three residence halls on campus. School before recycling program approximately 20-40 estimates % recycling potential of the item collection. In order to collect approximately 60 to 80 percent of what you can do is single-stream's new policy is estimated. Milwaukee School of "multi - recycler ' will hope to be able to collect recycle used 100% within the next year.

Operation recycling program collects and, in the dorm room sort items. Rooms from materials.

? are on each floor), taken in a central location
? collection of waste management (waste and recyclable streams only)
? Transported recycling sorting plant.
? paper stream shreds, it recycling collection by local Shredder processing company.

The selected school Bush system ' of multi - recycler to create as a program '.

? handle provides easy transport student central gathering place.
? masonry without occupying a superimposed design dorm room space to fit that you can.
? 'multi recycler' to create, store and recycle station sort material to facilitate
? custom press options make it very easy to use

Conclusion

Bush system "multi - recycler ' has contributed to the famous Milwaukee schools, to create a single-stream recycling program. It is expected to reach across campus diversion rates, easy to manage by using the program. Switch only has to be seen what how much rates, future is changing. , Was held in the school recycling teams using the Bush system container selected new recycling program that has been implemented.