Reduction of single-use packaging and No foam

12.2 Operational measures

12.2.1 – Does your university as a body have a policy on ethical sourcing of food and supplies?

EVIDENCE  3 The Policy of the reduction of single-use packaging and No foam

VRU has strived to focus in the decreasing uses of single-use packaging and has also promoted the use of cloth bags to replace the use of plastic bags and to refuse the use of foam containers within the university. Due to the problems of plastic and foam waste, the management at the source is the most important problems. Therefore, the university has been working to reduce the use of single-use packaging since 2017 and encouraged the use of cloth bags to replace the use of plastic bags. In addition, the university has been distributed the knowledge of the awareness of single-use packaging to all university sectors.   In 2020, The university has announced that foam containers for foods are forbidden because the foam containers are difficult to eliminate and the chemical in the containers is harmful and toxic at high temperature which can easily cause various disease. Therefore, the uses of biodegradable or natural materials are the proper alternative material for healthy. For the implementation, there are cooperation with many sectors in public relations and operations. Government involvement includes: Tha Khong Subdistrict Municipality Khlong Luang District Pathum Thani Province and the private sector is a think-thinking company. It owns an Ecolife application that collects single-use packaging consumption data and calculates the amount of carbon footprint that can be reduced.

Fig 1 Use biodegradable packaging made from natural materials.

Fig 2 Banned from foam containers for food packaging and campaigned for reusable containers

Fig 3 The private sector is a KID KID company “Ecolife application”