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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability

A Case Study Analysis of the Fundamental Components to Successful Recycling and Composting Programs Across the Commercial Sector

Student(s):

Casey Funke

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Dominic Calabro

Partner(s):

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

Faculty advisor(s):

Yoram Bauman,Program on the Environment, University of Washington

I interned with EPA on a program called WasteWise, where businesses partner with EPA, track their waste reduction, and receive feedback and recognition for doing so. I performed three case studies, Ballard Brother’s Seafood and Burgers, Albertsons, and Safeco Field. I identified key components in each businesses program and compared these components across the businesses to determine which were in all three, identifying these as; components necessary to establishing a recycling program in any business. I implemented my own recycling program in my fraternity, in order to determine if alone, these components were enough to generate recycling success in any business.