Coffee Grounds Composting Case Study PDF

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Jade Colon, Emily Groscup, Mengxi Shen, Dyamond Brooks Case Study Report Sustainable Development March 30, 2018 Bennett Compost

Where is the project located? What is the building/site context? - 2901 West Hunting Park Ave.Philadelphia, PA 19129 - “Proudly located right in the Heart of Philadelphia” - City surrounds this location

Who are the site users? - The people who are using the site are mostly just employees - The beauty of this project is that they do not require the client to drop off their compost; - This company sends buckets for clients to collect their compost - Client can schedule a pick up date and time - Regular pick up is weekly Who is the project client? - Anyone who wants to compost: - Households - Businesses Who is the project team? - Owners - 5 full time employees - 3 part time employees Why did you choose this case study? We chose this case study because with our idea being based around collecting spent coffee grounds and incorporating them in with soil in order to help provide more natural nutrients to plants; looking into any composting company will be helpful to figure out the path we need to take with this project. Their goal: to make composting easy and accessible for households and businesses in the Philadelphia area.

Jade Colon, Emily Groscup, Mengxi Shen, Dyamond Brooks Case Study Report Sustainable Development March 30, 2018 Circle Compost Where is the project located? What is the building/site context ? - 529 Mercy St. Philadelphia, PA 19148 - The compost piles are located in South Philly at farms managed by Grow Philly 501(c)(3), at the Francisville Farm managed by Urban stead, and Corinthian Garden. - They send 5 gallons buckets monthly and pick up food waste and leaves weekly; The service route covers all of the South Philly areas and more, the service with the neighborhood that close to there.

Radius that is covered by Circle Compost

Actual location

Who are the site users? - The employer who are close to the South Philly. - The employer who need of multi-bucket curbside Who is the project client? House/ apartment Small offices, larger business offices Daycares Schools

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Restaurants/ cafes Bakeries Any organization in need of multi-bucket curbside service

Who is the project team? - owner - Employee who pick up the waste foods and leaves. Why did you choose this case study? Their goal Is to collect the organic waste materials that have been considered trash and create organic compost. The regenerates and reduces food waste. This idea will help shape our ideas about recycling used coffee grounds and making them into compost.

Philly Compost Where is the project located? What is the building/site context? - Philly Compost is located in the Fishtown and Kensington area. - Located at Emerald and Dauphin streets in East Kensington. - Their “office” is a farm rather than a traditional office building. - Surrounded by neighborhoods, which they use to their advantage when collecting composting materials.

Jade Colon, Emily Groscup, Mengxi Shen, Dyamond Brooks Case Study Report Sustainable Development March 30, 2018

* waste management company - general area coverage * also includes the other composting companies - helps to see how they are located according to each other

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Who are the site users? -The people using this site are mostly employees. - They always are looking for volunteers, so volunteers use this land as well. Who is the project client? -Community Members -Business Owners Who is the project team? - The owners of the business. - The people who drop off their compost. - Volunteers

Jade Colon, Emily Groscup, Mengxi Shen, Dyamond Brooks Case Study Report Sustainable Development March 30, 2018 Why did you choose this case study? We decided to chose this company to look at because they are a little different than the other companies we are researching. Their workers ride around on bikes with trash cans on the back of them and collect people's food scraps to make compost out of. They service nearly 20 businesses, and 90 homes. The compost then goes back to its members or it is sold, so anyone can buy it. This company is also interesting because they help other businesses find out ways in which they can recycle other organics.

So far all of these businesses compost all of their compose material together. However, we would like to take the step towards separating out coffee grounds from normal compost and having them composted separate. This way these spent coffee grounds can be used as their own nutrients generating soil.

*** couldn’t find anything about a soil scientist - not sure if they even have one. From what we have done research on, it seems that they just have employees to pick up and sort compost, then they just let the process of composting begin...

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Jade Colon, Emily Groscup, Mengxi Shen, Dyamond Brooks Case Study Report Sustainable Development March 30, 2018

(n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2018, from https://www.bennettcompost.com/home#shop-soil (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2018, from https://www.circlecompost.com/ (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2018, from http://www.phillycompost.com/...