The Six Sigma students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are at it again! A few months back, we blogged about the Six Sigma project they did to reduce food waste at the on-campus dining center.

This time, the students—led by Dr. Diane Evans, Six Sigma black belt and associate professor of mathematics at Rose-Hulman—are performing a lean Six Sigma project to reduce the amount of recycling material thrown in the normal trash cans in all of the institution’s academic buildings, including the library. Unfortunately, the recycling bins Rose-Hulman has placed all over its campus are underused, and it’s very common for recyclable items to still be thrown into the regular trash.

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