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...were trying to find out exactly what was in that trash," said Kunal Merchant, co-chair of the Environmental Action Committee's (EAC) recycling committee, which provided student sorters...
...trash under consideration had been selected randomly from three Houses and two first-year dormitories. In addition to the EAC students, Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) workers were also involved...
...trash was divided into six separate categories: paper products, containers (bottles and cans), corrugated cardboard, clothing, non-recyclables that can be composted and non-recyclable non-compostables...
...trash in each category was then weighed...
Last year's inaugural trash audit found over 50 percent of things thrown away were potentially recyclable, according to Harvard's Supervisor of Waste Management Robert M. Gogan, who organized the audits...