Phrophayak, J.; Techarungruengsakul, R.; Khotdee, M.; Thuangchon, S.; Ngamsert, R.; Prasanchum, H.; Sivanpheng, O.; Kangrang, A. Enhancing Green University Practices through Effective Waste Management Strategies. Sustainability2024, 16, 3346.
Phrophayak, J.; Techarungruengsakul, R.; Khotdee, M.; Thuangchon, S.; Ngamsert, R.; Prasanchum, H.; Sivanpheng, O.; Kangrang, A. Enhancing Green University Practices through Effective Waste Management Strategies. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3346.
Phrophayak, J.; Techarungruengsakul, R.; Khotdee, M.; Thuangchon, S.; Ngamsert, R.; Prasanchum, H.; Sivanpheng, O.; Kangrang, A. Enhancing Green University Practices through Effective Waste Management Strategies. Sustainability2024, 16, 3346.
Phrophayak, J.; Techarungruengsakul, R.; Khotdee, M.; Thuangchon, S.; Ngamsert, R.; Prasanchum, H.; Sivanpheng, O.; Kangrang, A. Enhancing Green University Practices through Effective Waste Management Strategies. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3346.
Abstract
Continuity of activities and projects are important for sustainably developing organizations, especially universities. The purpose of this research study is to find university development guidelines regarding waste management according to the green university ranking criteria for sustainable developments by studying and collecting the data covering the last five years (2019 - 2023) of Mahasarakham University. We also analyzed and synthesized lessons learned from the details of the operations and the factors involved in successes while comparing and providing suggestions for the operations in the next year. It was found that waste management that resulted in continuous developments that achieved the goals of Mahasarakham University consisted of the five guidelines. (1) Making green university policies and using them as the (key performance index) KPI of the divisions and also announcing the university's waste management policies by applying the principles of 3R (Reuse-Reduce-Recycle). (2) Allocating the budgets supporting the projects' activities according to the evaluation criteria. (3) Student and personnel participation as well as the mechanisms used by the committees from various administrative divisions such as Student Council, Student Association and clubs to drive the operations. (4) Identifying the main responsible individuals and committees for the green university who communicated and drove the operations while collecting, analyzing and preparing the data. (5) Follow-ups and evaluations of the project's activities with the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) processes for continuous and sustainable developments and improvements leading to the green university. With the above operations, Mahasarakham University's waste management scores of the six indices during 2019 - 3023 increased annually as follows: 900, 900, 1050, 1275 and 1350.
Keywords
Green University; Sustainability; Waste Management
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Waste Management and Disposal
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