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An investigation into organic waste bin liner : sustainability project report

University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office

Green carts that are currently used to collect food scraps at UBC are cleaned at the Composting Facility located at the south campus, which lead to extra cost on transportation of the carts, and operating and maintaining cleaning facilities. Therefore, the purpose of this report is to investigate available compostable bin liners or bags on the market and recommend possible solutions that can keep the carts clean without being cleaned at the composting facility. Investigation was performed by interviewing UBC work staffs, studying resources in the UBC libraries and researching on the internet. As a result of the investigation, two solutions are proposed: designing a mechanical pipe minimizing leakage of food scraps due to shape difference between available liners and the carts, and designing customized paper bags that can perfectly fit into the carts. Both solutions are assessed utilizing the triple bottom line which includes social, environmental and economic concerns. Based on the assessment, the recommended solutions are proved to solve the problem at a low cost without creating additional social and environmental alerts. The focus of this report is to provide general recommendations on solving the problem; thus, the solutions are limited to preliminary designs. Further evaluations on feasibility assessment of the solutions are recommended. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. APSC 262; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108813

Applied Science, Faculty of

Unreviewed

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