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SI 2.2 Implementation of Waste Management Systems
[2.2.6] 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) program for university’s waste (WS.1)
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| 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Program and Carbon Neutrality |
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| Waste separation |
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| Ecolife application campaign |
| 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) program for university’s waste (Siam University, Thailand) |
Description:
Siam University has announced a policy “Siam Moving Forward to Carbon Neutrality 2045” to all staff and students in the campus through our website (https://siam.edu/siam-u-to-carbon-neutrality-2045/). This policy aims to reduce CO2 production and release under the 7R with focus on the 3R programs, consisting of Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. The programs have provided know-how for garbage management, waste recycling, value-added waste, and related activities, such as planting and reducing the use of paper and plastic in campus. Waste sorting bins are also provided in most our buildings, which have been installed in the campus in order to manage the waste type. Some coffee shops in the campus also give discount in the case that students and staff bring refilled mugs (2 Baht for hot drinks, 3 Baht for cold drink).
Moreover, students from Siam University have received the 3rd prize on the topic of “Protein Product from Sustainable Biodegrader” from from the competition under the theme of “Meaning and the Way to Near Zero Campus” at the International Student Conference on Sustainable Development Series Activities, China, in 2-3 June 2024.
In addition to participating in “Ecolife” Application Campaign, we have also realized waste separation as “organic waste, inorganic waste, toxic waste and electronic waste, such as tablet, mobile phone, remote control and electronic devices within the campus in order to manage in the right way and reduce carbon emission as well as sustainability leading to carbon neutrality in 2045.
These programs aim to differentiate types of the waste for reduce, reuse and recycle within the campus. Accordance with the result in 3.6 and 3.7, most of recycled waste (e.g., plastics, glasses, papers, aluminum cans, etc.) is sold to the waste buyers from outside, while general waste that cannot be recycled is sent to the garbage collectors from Phasi Charoen municipality office (3.3 and 3.4). These activities (3R waste program) more than 80% have been implemented in the campus.