Problem:
As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world with 4.3 pounds of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, forty five to fifty five percent of waste in the U.S.'s ‘waste stream' comes from commercial waste.
For more information visit: Waste in the United States
For more information visit: Waste in the United States
Task:
You and your team will pair with a business, research this problem, collect data, model the problem with mathematics, and propose a research based solution to minimize the amount of waste they send to the landfill.