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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 18, 2014
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: Presentation by Phillips Middle School Trash Terminators 2.0 and Recognition
Resolution
DEPARTMENT: BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
- Resolution Recognizing Phillips
Middle School Trash Terminators Donna Baker, Clerk to the Orange
County Board of Commissioners
(919) 245-2130
PURPOSE: To receive a presentation by the Phillips Middle School Trash Terminators 2.0 on
recycling and composting initiatives and consider a resolution recognizing the Trash
Terminators for their accomplishments.
BACKGROUND: The Trash Terminators organized to eliminate recyclables and compostable
trash, thus reducing the amount of trash transported to the landfill. The pilot program "Carton
Recycling and Tip Your Liquids" started with Phillips Middle School by reducing food and
beverage waste as well as redirecting recyclable items away from the landfill.
Trash Terminators 2.0 has expanded on the pilot program initiated by the first Trash
Terminators. The current team has not only worked with school leadership to spread its
philosophy and process with other schools, but they have also taken the message of recycling
and composting to the general population at public events and through social media.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation
and approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached resolution recognizing the Trash
Terminators for their accomplishments for the schools and for the people of Orange County.
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RES-2014-009
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING PHILLIPS MIDDLE SCHOOL
TRASH TERMINATORS
WHEREAS, the Trash Terminators, Rohan Deshpande, Helen Jiang and Joshua Zhou,
organized to eliminate recyclables and compostable trash, thus reducing
the amount of trash transported to the landfill; and
WHEREAS, the pilot program "Carton Recycling and Tip Your Liquids" started with
Phillips Middle School by reducing food and beverage waste as well as
redirecting recyclable items; and
WHEREAS, Siemens "We Can Change The World Challenge" selected the Phillips
Middle School Trash Terminators as First Place winners nationally; and
WHEREAS, in continuing a vision of a zero-waste school, Trash Terminators Version
2.0, Elizabeth Farmer, Quentin Sieredzki, Rohan Deshpande, Graeme
Zimmermann and Vincent Chen, have increased student awareness and as
a result, increased participation; and
WHEREAS, the team has provided community outreach on the importance of
composting and recycling at public events and via social media, and is
working to expand the pilot program to cover additional schools;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
does hereby recognize the Phillips Middle School Trash Terminators
version 1.0 and version 2.0 for their outstanding work in recycling,
composting and protecting the environment for all of Orange County.
This the eighteenth day of February 2014.
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners