People give off a lot of waste, whether it is chemical or physical. Most of the waste on Earth right now will take decades, possibly even centuries, to decompose. That makes a huge problem for us now and in the future. Being a state in this modern society, what and how much waste is really in Colorado?
Obviously, as a state with over five million people living in it, there is going to be a large number of waste. From the years 2009 to 2013, the amount of waste in Colorado increased, but not by much.
Landfill Disposal Statistics
Year
State Total (y^3)
State Total (Tons)
Cost to Dispose of
2009
21,582,083
6,481,106
$4,615,727
2010
22,343,081
6,709,634
$5,161,912
2011
21,060,764
6,324,554
$6,647,194
2012
20,615,361
6,190,199
$6,069,189
2013
22,500,744
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When also looking at the population from 2009 to 2013,that has also increased by roughly four thousand people, the increase of waste almost seem reasonable. When you think about it, with data like that, Colorado does seem like such a dirty place. Due to this, I was led to the hypothesis that if Colorado’s waste is slowing increasing while the population is, it really is not a filthy area.
To test my hypothesis, I collected data on what I saw lying around. For the first day, I walked at Gateway High school and the park near (because that is the area where I go to school). On the second day, I walked around South Middle School and High Line Canal (because that is where I live around). For both days, I was out for approximately a hour and a half just walking. On the first day, I kept track on my phone because of the variety I saw, but on the second day, I just had a mental list. To graph this data, I went on plotvar.com, and then I did it myself just to make sure I understood what was going on with the data. Clearly, I used a laptop and printer to type and print this paper