Hari+Umstead+Park+Volunteering

On Saturday, April 21st, I attended a volunteering opportunity for a walk/run/bike for Umstead Park. The event itself had been running for a couple of decades to preserve Umstead Park for the public and not for contingent land and building use. In the early morning of the volunteers getting everything set up, I mainly set up tables and did more practical things to help get ready for the influx of people ready to join. When people started to arrive I was assigned to help people direct their waste, be it compost, landfill, and recyclable material (as seen by the image below). I actually had a really fun time, as people thought I was a lot older (because of the beard), and always asked me for assistance. I also learned quite a bit more of what kinds of items should be part of what kind of waste. This is directly correlated to our study on solids and hazardous wastes, as it pertains to materials that are recyclable, compostable, and others that should be sent to a landfills.