2006 Garbology Photo Album
Thursday, October 26
On Thursday, Metro High School students
brought in bags of garbage from home. Each bag was marked with the
quadrant of Columbus from which it came (Northeast, Southeast,
etc.), and was randomly assigned to a group of 5-6 students to record.
Each bag was weighed intact, then the contents were carefully separated
by material type. The contents were further separated into
distinct categories used by
the Garbology Project.* Items in each category were carefully
weighed, to allow students to complete a detailed profile of the
contents of each bag. (Note: any addressed mail or other material with
personal identifiers was immediately set aside from the other contents
of the bag, weighed and shredded before being discarded for recycling.)
Piled high, ready for sorting.
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Metro High School students dig in.
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Sorting.
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Dr. Annalies Corbin guides students in recording data.
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Mr. Mike Boss studies a scale loaded with paper.
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Weighing material.
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Recording a soup can.
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Dr. Sheli Smith discusses the process of biodegredation (or lack
thereof) in most U.S. landfill sites. |
Dr. Smith asks students about their finds.
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Metro High school Principal Marcy Raymond looks on as students
record their findings.
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Recording.
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Students weigh and sort their bag's contents.
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Dr.. Smith asks students to predict how much food waste they
will produce at lunchtime.
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Waste food collected from Wednesday's school lunch.
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In addition, Ms. McAllister and Mr.
Reese, in their language arts classes, led seminar discussions on
William Rathje and Cullen Murphy's book,
Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage (Tucson, University of
Arizona, 2001).
Seminar discussion in Ms. McAllister's class.
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Seminar discussion in Ms. McAllister's class.
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* Code List courtesy of the Garbage
Project. Used with permission.
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