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I — We set up a booth at the Chapel Hill Public Library explaining about <br />2 worm composting, backyard composting and our results at school <br />3 — We had booths at Walk for Education event (all of the 19 Chapel Hill <br />4 and Carrboro schools participated in the walk) <br />5 — We made videos about worm & backyard composting and posted it <br />6 on our website. <br />7 — We created an online community survey <br />8 To educate our community and raise the greater <br />9 awareness <br />10 — We worked with Orange County Solid Waste department at FestiFall <br />11 (Art and Music festival on UNC campus) to help them sort <br />12 compostables, recyclables and trash at the festival <br />13 We were interviewed by two newspapers <br />14 — Chapel Hill News and the Daily Tarheel <br />15 — These articles informed the community about our project and raised <br />16 awareness about the need to reduce our trash <br />17 — Increase interest in composting and recycling <br />18 <br />19 More Community Outreach <br />20 Senator Foushee and (Former) Senator Kinnaird visited our school cafeteria <br />21 We presented to the CHCCS Sustainability Director, Mr. Dan Schnitzer <br />22 - He agreed to help us on our Project <br />23 - All district schools will compost in the cafeteria by the end of this year <br />24 Holiday Composting: <br />25 Our winter initiative was to encourage people to compost over the holidays <br />26 • Whole Foods kindly donated compostable trash bags to us <br />27 • We then redistributed them to teachers at our school <br />28 - These bags can be dropped in our school compost trolleys <br />29 Social Media: <br />30 We made several social media pages: <br />31 - Our website: https: / /sites.google.com /site /phillipscompostingteam / <br />32 - Facebook :https: / /www.facebook.com /pages/ Phillips- Compost- Team/451961391598434 ?ref =hl <br />33 - Twitter: https : / /Twitter.com /phiIIipscompost <br />34 - Instagram: http:// instagram .com /phiIIipscompostteam <br />35 We made an infomercial which will air on TV <br />36 - It will air on Time Warner Cable for one month in Chapel Hill Durham region <br />37 • We presented to Chapel Hill Mayor and Council Members <br />38 • We presented to the Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen <br />39 <br />40 Composting Photos <br />41 Our educative videos of backyard composting and worm composting are at <br />42 https: / /sites.google.com/ site /phillipscompostingteam /videos <br />43 We conducted community survey online <br />44 https: / /sites.google.com/ site /phillipscompostingteam /survey <br />45 <br />46 Survey Results (225+ Responses) <br />47 Graphic — Pie Chart <br />48 <br />49 Municipal Composting <br />