YouTensi s Sevara Sher, Sarah Pircio, Riley Patten The Problem at - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

YouTensi s

Sevara Sher, Sarah Pircio, Riley Patten

The Problem at Hand

• Global Plastic Pollution
• Negative impacts:

○ Marine life ○ Terrestrial animals ○ Humans, result of a food chain ○ Environment as a whole

How come Hodgdon?

• Current Take-out Model at

Hodgdon: Disposable containers and utensils

• Very popular among students due

to convenience

YouTensils Initiative

• Charge $0.50 for disposable

containers

• Offer reusable utensils and

containers for $3.00

• Collaborate with Hodgdon to

track progress

Scope Overview

• Apply for approval from Tufts Dining
• Apply for funding from Tufts Green Fund, Fossil

Fuel Divestment Club, or TCU

• Advertise the reusable option during awareness

month: YouTube video & 150 giveaways

• Track progress monthly
• Reduce the price of the reusables by January 1,

2021 to make more accessible to students

Scope Overview

• The initiative will not profit from the

implementation of the project

• Progress will not be monitored after

January 1, 2021

• Will not eliminate plastic waste

from Hodgdon

• Will not monitor the effects of this

program on global plastic pollution

Assumptions

• Tufts Dining is willing to negotiate

○ Project is flexible with Tufts policy on cross contamination

• One of the funding options will sponsor merchandise
• Eco-reps will collaborate
• Tufts Sustainability will pay Eco-reps
• Hodgdon will reduce the price
• Students will cooperate

Work Breakdown Structure

Step 1 Calculate preliminary data Step 2 Research and compile data Step 4 Obtain funding Step 3 Obtain agreement from Tufts Dining Step 5 Implement/ Educate Student Body Step 6 Monitor Profits and Adjust Price

Key Milestones

• Reaching an agreement with Tufts Dining
• Procuring funds from Tufts Green Fund, Fossil Fuel

Divestment Club, or TCU

• Completing Awareness Month
• Acquiring report on reduced restocks of

disposables

• Reducing price of reusables

Statistical Assumptions

• Tufts undergraduate population is

5000 students

• 300 students visit Hodgdon daily
• 1 student visits Hodgdon 50

times a semester

• Based on real data and statistical

approximations

Objectives

• Sell 2000 reusables by January 1st,

2021

○ Assuming 40% undergraduate participation

• Decrease Hodgdon’s output by 90, 000

disposable containers by January 1st, 2021

• Hodgdon saves $4,500 from

disposables by January 1st, 2021

○ Assuming $0.05 per disposable

Objectives

• Reach 2000 students through

YouTube during awareness month

• Give away 150 reusables during

awareness month

• Increase accessibility through

33% price reduction of reusables

Timeline

March 1, 2020

Compile Background Data

March 10,2020

Obtain agreement with Tufts Dining

March 15,2020

Apply to Tufts Green Fund

April 1, 2020

Educate Students

May 1, 2020

Implement Reusable Products Begin tracking progres

January 1, 2021

Reduce the price

Budget

• Project Managers paid $15/hr
• Eco-Reps paid $12/hr
• Team of 10 Eco-Reps
• 20% buffer
• Materials: giveaways, banner,

infographic

Total $ 4,700 Buffer $1000 Budget $5,700

Material Equipment Labor $ 160.00 $ - $ 4,550.00

Cost Profile

Cost Benefit Analysis

• Cumulative Gross Revenue
• Payback period: 40 days
• Profit from

○ Earn $3 - spend $0.5 = $2.5 on reusables ○ Earn $0.50 - spend $0.05 = $0.45 on disposables ○ 33% price reduction at semester 2

• 300 students/ day in Hodgdon and 60% initial

participation with 10% depreciation/day

• Spike in profit with freshman batch each year

Non-Financial Benefits

• Publicity of an environmentally

conscious business

○ With quantitative data for evidence

• Expand its clientele to eco-consumers
• Environmental Benefits
• Encourage/inspire other businesses

Overall Analysis/ Final Recommendation

• Tufts Dining has a rule that

students cannot bring their own containers due to health and safety reasons ○ Workaround by adjusting project model

• Not a costly project, but

budget is still flexible ○ Compromise on giveaways ○ Assign more work to Eco-Reps

Final Recommendation: Adjust for policy, and move forward with the project

Questions?