Green Bin Audit For Faith Group

 By Volunteer Enid Maria

My project investigated which places of worship in Hamilton were actively greening. I created a variety of lists based on contact information available from Environment Hamilton, as well as those within the Municipal database. I surveyed these institutions by asking them three questions. These included:

1.      Do you use the Green Cart?

a.       If no, would you be interested in using green carts?

2.      How many green carts do you use on a weekly basis?

3.      How many years have you been conducting this program within your institution.

I then presented the information which I collected into two accurately labeled excel files. One labeled as institutions that were already taking part in the program and the second labeled as places of worship that were interested in beginning the program and what resources they required. I processed these requests by inputting them into our municipal asset tracking database, which would ensure the delivery of these resources within three to five weeks.

By conducting this survey and creating these files, I was able to provide an asset tracking database for Environment Hamilton. This project conclusively demonstrated how productive these institutions were in actively greening. The result varied between those that were actively greening, those which were interested, and unfortunately those that were not interested at all.

The final results demonstrated that 58 % of faith groups and churches surveyed were actively greening, 40% were enthusiastic to start the program, and unfortunately 2% of faith groups and churches were not interested at all. Furthermore, results revealed that an average of one green cart per week for two years or more was used within institutions that were actively greening.