It is known that universities are places full of students, professors, and personnel. Though the size and environment are different, the problems of gigantic amount of waste are somewhat identical. Even though we previously studied online, it is time to get ourselves ready for the new semester. Let’s see how each university manages trashes, so you can use some ideas to transform your university into #TrashlessSociety. Are you ready for the virtual trip? Let’s begin!
Mae Fah Luang University
Mae Fah Luang University was said to possess the most picturesque scenery in Thailand and Asia. Everyone here, thus, puts all their effort into preserving this beauty, especially by managing waste. Recently, they launched an internationally renowned application development project “Infectious Waste Management Application”, which suits perfectly with this new normal time. Nowadays, infectious wastes such as disposable medical masks or antigen test kits scatter around everywhere. As a result, this application was developed to help handle such a problem by tracking each type of infectious waste until the process of waste disposal to ensure that every bag of infectious waste is managed aright and safely in every step. Want to know more information of this fabulous project? Click https://bit.ly/3by6cua
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai University is considered as one of the universities in the North that keeps on developing society as well as the environment unceasingly. They start by cultivating consciousness, so people in the university know waste separation from the beginning step. They also established the “Full-Service Biomass Waste Management Center” that transforms the hard-to-handle wastes such as general waste, inorganic waste, and biomass waste into beneficial renewable energy, namely biogas, biodiesel, refuse-derived fuel (RDF) or green fuel. The center helps reduce the incineration that emits harmful pollution of 4,500 tons per year and generates electricity used in the center for more than 26,000 Kilowatt-hour per year. If you want to know more about how they create the genuine circular economy, click https://bit.ly/2Ybhql4
Chulalongkorn University
Located at the city center, Chulalongkorn University had the students, professors, and all sectors’ personnel establish “Chula Zero Waste”. Though the project’s name sounds so grand and hard-to-accomplished, Chulalongkorn’s people proved you wrong by the decreasing number of every type of waste, especially the single-use plastic waste. The university installed water dispensers to encourage everyone to bring their own glass and cloth bag. Food scraps from the canteens were transformed into fertilizer using a Bio-Digester machine; even coffee grounds from shops were also processed. These aren’t all they did because paper documents and cantons left from offices and daily teaching were also transformed into renewable energy. In total, Chulalongkorn University has given new life to 493 tons of waste within four years. Give a big round of applause, then click https://bit.ly/3jA6B4h
Thammasat University
With plenty of people, vast area, and various campuses, Thammasat University then had an idea of transforming tons of useless waste into something valuable by creating several wonderful projects. They campaigned for waste separation throughout the campus, established a waste bank to buy recycled waste and generate income for the university. Modern technology like the “KoomKah” application was employed to efficiently operate the waste bank, reduce the time used in completing forms, and decrease the use of paper in taking notes. Convenience stores also cooperated in reducing the distribution of single-use plastic bags and providing the cloth bags borrow-and-return points. For more information, click https://bit.ly/3DS0mA6 , https://bit.ly/3jcvNNO.
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
Not only does it campaign for waste separation within the university, but the Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi also recreated the waste into marvelous environmentally friendly designs. They pushed traditional conceptual frameworks and added ideas in upcycling the hard-to-manage packaging wastes like ultra-durable snack sachets or instant coffee sachets that consist of waterproof and airproof components. To recycle these materials, their components had to be separated, but the process would take several steps, which cost an arm and a leg. RMUTT, thus, came up with good ideas to eliminate traditional restrictions by recreating the wastes into strong, durable, and exquisite products such as artificial wood board or several designs of furniture include beautiful sofas and chairs. If you want to know more, click https://bit.ly/3nWAaze
No matter which university you belong to, if everyone cooperates to eliminate the word “trash” by using wisely, separating properly, and disposing aright, we can make our university a livable place and become #TrashlessSociety that creates a circular economy from everyone’s participation.
