ARTEFACT 2

DATA REPRESENTATION AND MANIPULATIO

WASTE COLLECTED FROM SCHOOL BINS

TYPES OF RUBBISH FREQUENCY

Orange Peel 7
Paper bags/Wrappers 8
Plastic Bottles 11
Banana Peels 13
Apple Cores 17
Plastic Wrappers 23

MONTHLY INTAKE OF WASTE

IN SCHOOL YARD
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
FREQUENCY PER MONTH
100
50
0

TYPE OF WASTE

FINDINGS
- Based on a daily waste collection from two rubbish bins around the school
pieces of rubbish discarded on average per month.
- This school has ten rubbish bins, although only two bins were used in the
data.
 data.

- This data may have inaccuracies as food consumption changes between d

take into consideration all of the bins and diversity between areas/people in
- The data shows that plastic wrappers are the most frequently discarded t
460 pieces on average a month.
- Food waste including apple cores, banana peels and orange peels make u
pieces on average a month.
- If this pattern continues for the entire school year, approximately 18960
would be discarded in these two bins alone.
TION AND MANIPULATION IN EXCEL

ED FROM SCHOOL BINS

WEEKLY MONTHLY
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
35 140
40 160
55 220
65 260
85 340
115 460

TAKE OF WASTE
HOOL YARD

TYPE OF WASTE

NDINGS
wo rubbish bins around the school, there are 1580
carded on average per month.
gh only two bins were used in the collection of this
data.
 consumption changes between days and does not
diversity between areas/people in bin placement.
re the most frequently discarded type of waste at
on average a month.
na peels and orange peels make up 46.83% at 740
average a month.
chool year, approximately 18960 pieces of waste
ed in these two bins alone.