Will need to generate a written proposal to the university requesting funding for a campus wide composting program.

Week of April 6:

  • Background literary research about the costs and benefits of composting.
  • Research and gather information about other universities currently with composting programs. (Youngstown State University)
  • Research possible methods of composting and the monetary cost. (ex: Earthtub)
  • Get background information on amount of food wasted at OWU (Smith Hall food waste data)

Week of April 13:

  • Find possible grant money that the university could apply for in order to fund the project – The College and University Recycling and Waste Reduction – only available for public universities?
  • Calculate how much waste we could reduce by implementing the program
  • Calculate final cost of program

April 15 – April 20

  • Begin writing project proposal
  • Arrange all data and research into presentation format.

April 22:

  • Finish project proposal and project report with all data and background research on the topic
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