Investigating Recycling Behaviours Of Vantage Students

Biographies

Josie,

Josie Hu

Josie Hu is currently an international student at the University of British Columbia. Josie Hu has been an avid fan of environmental protection activities since she was in high school. During her time in high school, she used to be a volunteer in several environmental organizations in Ottawa which focus on aspects such as wildlife conservation and global warming.

Ja

Ja Kaewwetchawong

Ja Kaewwetchawong is from Chiang Mai, Thailand, and is currently an international student at the University of British Columbia. During high school, she engages in community service work on sustainable farming within a local farm. Back in her hometown, recycling bins were not common in contrast to Vancouver. This made her experience with UBC recycling bins challenging at times and was the start of the inspiration behind the research project.

Wenrui

Wenrui Yang

Wenrui Yang is coming from China and is presently an international student at the University of British Columbia. During high school, she participates in some community voluntary activities on protecting sustainable resources in the local city. In her hometown, the trial operation of waste sorting has started recently, which enables her to be interested in recycling behaviour in UBC and start this project to overcome this challenge.

Yiduo

Yiduo Wang

Yiduo Wang is currently an international student at the University of British Columbia, who comes from China. With a passion for maintaining and protecting the environment, Yiduo worked as a volunteer at a local community organization during her high school studies. In her first year in Vancouver, she realizes the importance of recycling and starts to learn how to recycle in her daily life.

Introduction about Our Project

Infographic about Research

UBC devotes to develop a sustainable campus, but we found that UBC Vantage students are quite confused about UBC recycling systems, especially garbage classification. The infographic shows the further research we did to investigate Vantage students' daily behaviours on garbage recycle and analyze the data.

Written Content from Infographic

"Have you ever been confused about which recycling bin to dispose of your items? We certainly have. This became the motivation for our project: How confusing are UBC recycling bins, and which items are difficult to sort? To find out, we decided to investigate by conducting a quantitative online survey among UBC vantage students. The results are as follows:"

"Summary of Data: This suggests more awareness and information about recycling, including its importance to sustainability, is needed on campus. However, the sample size is quite small and therefore further research using a larger sample size could provide greater generalization. In addition, further investigation into the causes of confusion could also give more clarity on the steps needed to improve UBC recycling."