1. MARIA BUENROSTRO AND PARANGI PATEL

2. There are 2 landfills that operates with Conyers: – Rogers lake road landfill – Kent rock inert landfill

3. Student Role Average amount garbage thrown away per week: 168 pounds 7x24

4. Average total does it take for a person to throw away 100 pounds of garbage:22.7 days=100lb / 4.4lbs

5. At this rate, would a person your age have contributed a ton of garbage: yes, because we eat a lot of snacks and all the trash goes to the landfills.

6. So far in your lifetime, about how much garbage have you contributed: – 12 years old – 365 days in a year – -12x365= 4380 days * 4.4 lbs. trash =19,272lbs

7. If it cost $20 per ton of garbage and none of the trash is recycled, estimate how much money will be spent on throwing away trash this year:19x20=$380