Technical writing
The Scenario: The local newspaper, the Clark Chronicle, has requested information about Special Saturday recycling for use in an article about local environmental concerns. You, as the administrator of the recycling program for the county, are very interested in increasing participation in the program. Therefore, you want as much information as possible to get to the residents of Clark County who are eligible for the program.
After three "Special Saturdays," one in March, July, and November, you enlisted the help of a local phone survey corporation to survey a random sample of the citizens in the county regarding the recently implemented program. The results are given below, along with other pertinent facts about the special recycling program:
There are approximately 8,000 Clark County households eligible to participate.
At the last "Special Saturday", 632 cars pulled in with various materials for the collection, and the final totals for each material were:
230 gallons of used motor oil
10 tons of junk mail
2 tons of magazines
Your calculated savings in landfill costs were $10 per ton, or $120.
Labor costs for the day were $120.
Results of the survey:
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1. Are you aware of the "Special Saturday" recycling program in Clark County?
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Yes
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12%
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No
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88%
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2. Have you ever attended a "Special Saturday" program?
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Yes
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6%
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No
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94%
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3. If answer to #2 was No, what is the reason?
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Didn't know about it
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94%
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Too much trouble to save materials for 2-3 months
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3%
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Can't transport the materials
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2%
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Don't know
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1%
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The Task
Using the data from the survey above, write a one-page letter to the editor of the Clark Chronicle thanking them for agreeing to cover the recycling program and summarizing the data from your survey.