{"id":2605,"date":"2015-10-19T16:55:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2015-10-19T16:55:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:55:57","slug":"ufvs-first-ever-garbage-audit-produced-some-interesting-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/10\/19\/ufvs-first-ever-garbage-audit-produced-some-interesting-results\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV&#8217;s first ever &#8216;Garbage Audit&#8217; produced some interesting results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/waste2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2617 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/waste2-e1445273303535-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"waste2\" width=\"224\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/waste2-e1445273303535-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/waste2-e1445273303535-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/waste2-e1445273303535-177x200.jpg 177w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/waste2-e1445273303535.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, the Centre for Sustainability (sponsored by the Faculty of Science), the Students for Environmental Advocacy (SEA), and the Facilities Department sponsored the first ever garbage audit of one day\u2019s worth of garbage of two buildings (A and B). The event ran from 10 in the morning till 4 PM when the sorting was finished. In total, approximately 24 person hours were involved in sorting the garbage. Only about 20% needed to be thrown out as garbage (picture B) versus the 80% that could have been recycled (picture A).<\/p>\n<p>We thank all of the participants who came out to sort through the garbage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2614 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-A-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"2015-Garbage Audit Picture A\" width=\"384\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-A-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-A-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-A-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-A.jpg 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2615 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-b-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"2015-Garbage Audit Picture b\" width=\"382\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-b-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-b-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-b-200x158.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/2015-Garbage-Audit-Picture-b.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Garbage-Audit-2015-graph-by-weight.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2611 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Garbage-Audit-2015-graph-by-weight-300x251.png\" alt=\"Garbage Audit - 2015- graph by weight\" width=\"383\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Garbage-Audit-2015-graph-by-weight-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Garbage-Audit-2015-graph-by-weight-150x126.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Garbage-Audit-2015-graph-by-weight-200x168.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/Garbage-Audit-2015-graph-by-weight.png 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2609\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC-300x98.png\" alt=\"combined logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC-1024x336.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC-150x49.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC-200x66.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/10\/combined-logo-CFS-SEA-FOS-FAC.png 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Students for Environmental Advocacy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/sustainability\/student-activitiesresearch\/\" target=\"_blank\">ufv.ca\/sustainability\/student-activitiesresearch\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Centre for Sustainability: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\">ufv.ca\/sustainability\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cascade Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/ufvcascade.ca\/2015\/10\/14\/first-waste-audit-paves-the-way-to-a-greener-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ufvcascade.ca\/2015\/10\/14\/first-waste-audit-paves-the-way-to-a-greener-university\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Pictures courtesy of members of Centre for Sustainability and Valerie Franklin (Cascade)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, the Centre for Sustainability (sponsored by the Faculty of Science), the Students for Environmental Advocacy (SEA), and the Facilities Department sponsored the first ever garbage audit of one day\u2019s worth of garbage of two buildings (A and B). The event ran from 10 in the morning till 4 PM when &#8230; <a title=\"UFV&#8217;s first ever &#8216;Garbage Audit&#8217; produced some interesting results\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/10\/19\/ufvs-first-ever-garbage-audit-produced-some-interesting-results\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centre-for-environmental-sustainability","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}