View Source | October 6, 2013
Students from ASU's School of Sustainability, coordinators from ASU's Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives, and managers from SRP and City of Phoenix conducted a waste audit of two SRP buildings at a City of Phoenix waste transfer station. Participants wanted to see the difference between the buildings' waste streams, one from an administrative building and the other from a fieldwork building. The students and project leaders sifted through 2,000 pounds of trash to decipher waste and recyclable items.
"We're learning that waste is actually a very valuable resource that we can utilize which is why I am involved in this; I want to see what we're throwing away and how we can divert a lot from landfills," says Tony Perez, an undergraduate in the School of Sustainability.
Many students observed the hidden intricacies behind our trash while sorting through food waste, soft plastics, colored glass, and paper products.