Faculty Advisor
Ed Weber Dr Craig Dunn
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2024
Keywords
Internship
Abstract
My primary project at IKO Pacific centered around getting a recycling program set up for our substantial amounts of plastic film waste. The film is low-density polyethylene, which I knew had the capability to be recycled. A major question I had to answer at the start was, "Just how much of this waste are we producing, and how frequently are we producing it?" This required me to go out into the plant and record the weight and volume produced for our plastic film. Using our lab on site, I used a small scale to measure the weight of five plastic samples I collected. I then analyzed that data and converted it into pounds per week - a measurement we could use when communicating with suppliers.
Recommended Citation
Brinkerhoff, Anna, "IKO Pacific Industries Summer Intern" (2024). College of the Environment Internship Reports. 249.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/cenv_internship/249
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Text
Rights
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Language
English
Format
application/pdf