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Composting Photos <br /> Our educative videos of backyard composting and worm composting are at <br /> https:Hsites.google.com/site/phillipscompostingteam/videos <br /> We conducted community survey online <br /> https:Hsites.google.com/site/phillipscompostingteam/survey <br /> Survey Results (225+ Responses) <br /> Graphic— Pie Chart <br /> Municipal Composting <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 />