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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />• According to our results, citizens overwhelmingly wanted municipal composting <br />— these results were collected from our survey <br />• Municipal Composting can be done in two ways: <br />— Drop off spot and curbside <br />• We could do Dry Runs for both of these techniques <br />— This would inform us which way would work better <br />• Chapel Hill and Carrboro are both green cities <br />— If the community started Municipal Composting, we would be the <br />first in the state <br />— This would be a huge accomplishment <br />• Some cities have already started this in other states <br />— However, these are large cities <br />— They include: <br />• Seattle, WA <br />• Portland, OR <br />• San Francisco, CA <br />— We would be one of the first smaller cities to do this <br />Commissioner Rich asked them to speak about last year's award and the award for this <br />year. <br />Rohan Deshpande said the team participated in the Siemens "We Can Change the <br />World" National challenge and won 1St place in the nation. He said the team has passed the <br />regional level for this year and is working toward the national project. <br />Commissioner Rich read the resolution: <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING PHILLIPS MIDDLE SCHOOL <br />TRASH TERMINATORS <br />WHEREAS, the Trash Terminators, Rohan Deshpande, Helen Jiang and Joshua Zhou, <br />organized to eliminate recyclables and compostable trash, thus reducing the <br />amount of trash transported to the landfill; and <br />WHEREAS, the pilot program "Carton Recycling and Tip Your Liquids" started with Phillips <br />Middle School by reducing food and beverage waste as well as redirecting <br />recyclable items; and <br />WHEREAS, Siemens "We Can Change The World Challenge" selected the Phillips Middle <br />School Trash Terminators as First Place winners nationally; and <br />WHEREAS, in continuing a vision of a zero -waste school, Trash Terminators Version 2.0, <br />Elizabeth Farmer, Quentin Sieredzki, Rohan Deshpande, Graeme <br />Zimmermann and Vincent Chen, have increased student awareness and as a <br />result, increased participation; and <br />WHEREAS, the team has provided community outreach on the importance of composting and <br />recycling at public events and via social media, and is working to expand the <br />pilot program to cover additional schools; <br />