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Establishment of the university’s collective solid waste collection facility

12.2 Operational measures

12.2.4 Does your university as a body have a policy on waste disposal – To measure the amount of waste sent to landfill and recycled?

Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University Under the Royal Patronage has a policy on monitoring the amount of solid waste that will be disposed of to landfill and recycle. In the past, the management of solid waste that occurred within the university would use landfill in empty space area. Later, the area was developed, the university began to set up a policy to monitor the amount of solid waste to be disposed of outside the university by contacting Pra Indra Racha Municipality, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. They are disposed of at a landfill in Bang Pa-In District. Subsequently, the municipality was unable to operate due to further urbanization. By the amount of solid waste that can be collected about 2 tons. The number of rounds reduced, effecting to a large amount of solid waste in the university. The impact of the university from the large amount of solid waste on campus requires systematic management. Establishing a garbage collection facility and monitoring the amount of solid waste of the whole university system. For the committees and agencies to monitor the amount of waste that occurs, they are classified into 4 types, namely biodegradable waste, plastic waste, general waste and hazardous waste.

Evidence 1 Establishment of the university’s collective solid waste collection facility

The university has established a solid waste collection facility. Prepare a building that can prevent rainwater from contaminating waste. In addition, a solid waste scale was installed to measure the total amount of solid waste generated by the university. Finally, all waste will be transported to the landfill by the Tha Khong municipality’s truck, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province