Here is a chart of the amount of compostable waste generated by Jones college by meal during the '98 fall semester from October 21 - December 18.
*
Anomolous data point (Dinner) at Nov 12 is probably due to combining lunch and
dinner waste
The stats for each meal are:
NOTE: Totals are sums of values for
individual meals
Compostable Waste (in lbs)
Meal |
Average |
SD |
N |
Min |
Max |
Breakfast |
5.53 |
2.22 |
36 |
2 |
11 |
Lunch |
32.6 |
5.66 |
19 |
22 |
41 |
Dinner |
52.3 |
12.6 |
12 |
42 |
86 |
Total |
90.5 |
20.4 |
--- |
66 |
138 |
Meal |
Average |
SD |
N |
Min |
Max |
Breakfast |
4.36 |
2.11 |
36 |
1 |
11 |
Lunch |
12.8 |
3.93 |
19 |
7 |
22 |
Dinner |
15.1 |
4.94 |
12 |
9 |
26 |
Total |
32.3 |
11 |
--- |
17 |
59 |
Meal |
% compostable |
Breakfast |
56% |
Lunch |
72% |
Dinner |
78% |
Total |
74% |
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