As of now we have begun collecting waste from a nearby housing coop and are also waiting on the arrival of 4 waste collection devices donated to us by the company Separett. We also recently received a grant from Engaged Cornell for $3,000, $2,000 went to our two partner groups, $1,000 for GreenTree Ithaca and $1,000 to the Soil Factory node in Kenya. The last $1,000 is currently being used by us to purchase materials we plan to use to construct a straw-bale garden where the collected waste can be made use of. As of now the team is mostly working on getting designs for our Biochar system and straw-bale garden down.