This report, prepared for Intel of Belen, Costa Rica, explored options to reduce the waste volume that is sent to landfill from the Intel facility. The particular waste streams included cafeteria and construction waste. The following documnet addresses the necessary background, resarch methods, findings and recommendations. Through extensive research of construction best practices, physical composting, and investigating of composting systems, we established the best future options for Intel. Segregation is essential for composting to occur. Fifty percent of the waste sent to the landfill is cafeteria waste. Composting could reduce sixty percent of the cafeteria waste. For construction waste, the following document gives a model of best practices to reduce Intel's waste and includes a spreadsheet of the recycling market

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McKinley, Kaitlin Marie
• Nakamura, Elise Y
• McGillvray, Kaitlin Marie
• Maiorano, Ashley E.

Subject

• Industry
• Environment
• Community
• Well-Being
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-071805-180458

Keyword

• Refuse and refuse disposal
• Sustainability
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)

Advisor

• Vernon-Gerstenfeld, Susan
• Gerstenfeld, Arthur

Year

• 2005

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Intel

Date created

• 2005-07-18

Location

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright