3_1_Recycling_Program_For_University_Waste
Kasetsart University has organized activities or projects to change a habit of carelessly consume materials or resources. The purposes of the activities or projects are to reduce energy consumption and create environmental friendly behavior of student and staff. These activities will be least cost or free of charge. In addition, Kasetsart University has also pushed ‘the Zero Waste Society’ program to reuse waste or leftover material by these following policies:
Avoid: avoid using of material which difficult to eliminate.
Reduce: reduce purchasing or using material which cause waste.
Reuse: bring back used material or thing to be used again.
Recycle: processing or transformed leftover material and use again.
[3.1] Recycling Program For University Waste
Kasetsart University has a strong intention to urge student, staff and public general aware of importance of waste management, recycling materials and resource consumption thoughtfully at first hand. Therefore, the university encourage all parts of the university to join recycle program by reducing, separating, and reuse and bring back some waste to use again. These are relevant activities:
3.1-1 Upcycling or conversion of waste materials or non-functional products into existing ones to new quality and value added products. Upcycling is a process that focuses on resource efficiency by developing leftover materials into new products that are valued in both design and commercial aspects. AKU Upcycling designer team of the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University has put new ideas to develop scrapped items and bring them back to life for reuse. This is the effort to create eco-friendly products and take social responsibility into account.
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Chairs made from natural materials such as bark, chaff, coconut fiber and
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3.1.2 Kasetsart University has promoted waste sorting. Garbage banks are a form of operation to promote separation of solid waste. The university is the best place for students to understand useful of the separation of waste. It also raises awareness of students that the more student consume products, the more waste increase. In addition, to save budget for trash bin purchasing, students made separate trash bins for this project.
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3.1-3 Using of cloth bags is an alternative way to control the amount of plastic bags. It decreases wastes and global warming effect. Consumer can solve this problem by using cloth bags or made it from leftover materials as shopping bags. This will build awareness of environmental conservation in everyday life.
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3.1.4 Kasetsart University gradually organizes environmental activities. To make understanding and build awareness of student and staff that everyone in the university can relief global warming effect. Behavior changing to decrease waste by recycling, reuse or other concerned activities can help.
