This project investigated different methods of visitor outreach and education to improve Glacier National Park’s (GNP) waste management system. The methods we investigated were based around the promotion of source reduction, reuse, and visitor recycling practices. Our team focused on developing recommendations for recycling resources within the park, pre-trip education, and content available on GNP’s website, and created templates for printed posters and brochures for disseminating recycling and sustainability information on the ground throughout the park. We also created an infographic as well as an ArcGIS map to implement into an email-based reservation outreach system to educate visitors about recycling and sustainable practices before they come to the park. Finally, through web analytics, our team analyzed GNPs website to provide recommendations on how to include more accessible sustainability and recycling information for park visitors.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Carreiro, Victoria E.
• Venard, Erin S.
• Kelly, William
• Sarachick, Nathan N.

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 4506
• E-project-101620-143546

Advisor

• Bianchi, Frederick W.
• Looft, Fred J.

Year

• 2020

Center

• Glacier National Park, Montana Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Glacier National Park

Date created

• 2020-10-16

Location

• Rijeka

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright