You and your team will pair with a business to minimize the amount of waste sent to a landfill. You will 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.
Team Responsibilities
1. A table, coordinate graph, and equation representing the waste that your business is currently sending to the landfill 2. A table, coordinate graph, and equation representing the waste that you predict your business will send to the landfill after implementing your solution. 3. Presentation of your findings and solution that includes the cost of implementing your solution. If there is a cost, explain why this is better for the business.
Roles and Responsibilities
Business Owner
How do we reduce waste cost-effectively for the business?
Responsibilities:
Research businesses that have found cost effective ways to reduce waste
Select a mathematical model that best represents your findings
Environmental Scientist
How does the waste problem affect our environment? What negative impacts have been made?
Responsibilities:
Research the short term and long term effects of waste on our environment.
Select a mathematical model that best represents your findings
Government Official
What policies and practices exist around reducing commercial (business) waste?
Responsibilities:
Research policies that currently exist in the City of Thornton
Research policies that have been effective in other cities
Select a mathematical model that best represents your findings
City Council Member
How does this waste problem affect the community?
Responsibilities:
Research the effects waste has on the Thornton Community
Research the positive effects reducing has had on other communities
Select a mathematical model that best represents your findings