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Perfecl lmperiections: Handmad.

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Ptrrpose: To compare the effeorileness oi handnrade aid machiie'made recycling signs at encouaging studcDts to rccycle in
niddle school cafererias in order to opriDrlze recyclftg rares in Howard Coun!- Schooh. To increase ovcrall environmental
awarcncss around Howard Courty
ExEected Productor Outcomcs: Prcsenrations to schools and to the lloward CouDty Bureau ofED!ironrnenEl Services increased
knorvledge on recycling signage and overallenvironmenBlconsciousness. lhis,rital ilrfonnation enhanced smdenl awareness aboul
lheir schools' cutrent environmental issues aDd inspired students to improve dreir school's envnonmental efforts. Insriglted an
irriliative towards a more $siainable fulure at Riler llill High School aDrong all olher schools in Ho$ard Counly.
The cu.renr reclclinS rate in Howard County hovers at a mere 49.2?% Although inany studies hale shown rhal recr, cling
sigfs are ellecli!e at getting people to recyclc, the majorit,v ofthese signs rvere computeFgenerated. In an iicreasingly
rechnological world, mach ine-made production i1 replaclng h andmade 1rroductior in almosl every aspecr; howcvcr, machinc-made
products are not Decessai ly beuer In one stud)r th ar used both handmade a.d machine made recyc ling signs, the h an dmade sign
appeared ro hcrease the amount olr.cycling more thaD the machinernade sigD, although this dillerence {as not elplo.ed in delail.
Thus, a necessiryibr a compreheDsive comparison Lretrveetr handrnnde and machire-nade re.ycling signs was provided.

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The.esults primarily taLgn middlc ihrough high school students, teachers, afd admnrist.ation in the Howard Counly
Public School System These aud;ences ha!e thc most pouer to create change in lheir schools regarding recycling signs.
Process: Steps Taken to Complete the Projec( xs ol6/9/16

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Sccurc an advisor Carol wemer, a Pofesvr ol En vironnental I\y.hology .,t the Univdsn)r of Ural'
Conducl imerliews wirh Carolwcr.q (UnivcNity olUtah) and 6emma Evans (Hoqard Count), s ltecycling Coordnlatd).
Discuss wenreis ounent reserrch developmcnN and intdeis. C.ther infomaiion about Hos ard Cou.ty's curcnt rccycling

condnions.

Consruci a rlsual display bood to slulclse trehnina.y research. Board selecl.d ro bc showi at the 2,1rh AnnualHCPSS
St!dcnl Lcdrning Contererce
Mcer rvith the school p.inciprh. Rick Wilson (FolLy Quarrer Nliddlc School) afd Dr lo.llc Millq (Clarksville Middle SchooL),
ibr pednlssion ro conduct expcrimcnt at tlrosc schools
Crcalc hindmidc and machjncrnade recycling sisns Place signs in thendsigned school.
Colled datn orer i rhree*eek penod b) le.dl.e a tcam ofiniddlc school studcnts to uelsh die rccyclins. t.ash, and comNst in
thclr school calcre
Admnrister sign cohparison survc,v lo Clarksvlllc Nllddlc School studcnh and rcccivc2l9 responses
Atulyze recycllnB data, su^cy rcsponscs, and nnplications
Prcscnt resea.oh to Cla.kslille Nliddle School, folly Qudn.r Mlddle School..nd Hoaard Counry Burcau of Etrlironincotal

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Co-ionnd (he RHHS Crco Iniriativc wlth rlucc o$$ studenrs. Meer with PrinciDal Kdtheine M.Kinley (River HillHigh
Sclrool) ro proposc idcas to prornotc cnllronrnental susrainability nr the 2016-17 \chool yei..
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