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AP environmental science students study waste management

Posted on Apr 12, 2010

The Lauralton Hall Advanced Placement Environmental Science students recently carried out an educational environmental experiment over the course of three weeks. “As part of the AP curriculum, I am striving to make the girls more aware of their impact on their environment” stated Environmental Science teacher April Kelly. To that effect, the class studied waste management first-hand. The personal waste inventory project entailed having the girls collect all their solid waste (i.e. paper, plastic, cardboard, Styrofoam, metal, etc...) in personal garbage bags. The students carried either a plastic or paper grocery size bag with them for a period of seven consecutive days. Anything other than food or materials that come in contact with bodily fluids that they would normally throw out or recycle were collected in their personal garbage bags and tallied at the end of each day. April Kelly stated that “this allowed us to calculate just how much waste each person contributes to the growing problem of waste management per day, week, month, and year. In addition, by focusing our attention to the amount of trash generated, the class was then able to brainstorm more efficient methods of coping with waste production.” On April 6, the students also visited the Garbage Museum in Stratford to learn more about waste management.

 



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