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higher education institutions, are high population density areas; although majority
are present onsite only for part of the day, they do generate a large volume of waste
which needs to be managed properly for maintaining the campus cleanliness. Apart
from the teaching campuses, the residential areas (hostels, on-campus residences of
staff) also generate waste. The major waste categories are the papers, plastics and
wrappers, food wastes, yard waste, etc. Proper management of solid waste in the
institutions requires segregation of waste at source that is important. It is mandatory
that all the stakeholders in the institution cooperate for the sustainability of the clean
and green campuses. Moreover, as these young adults are going to be the future
policymakers, it is very important to understand their attitudes and inculcate in them
the need for appropriate waste management. The propaganda for Swatch Bharat has
made people aware of keeping their environment clean and they are slowly moving
out of the NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) attitude. It is high time this momentum is
increased so as to ensure the success of this movement.
2 Solid Waste Disposal and Management
in the Educational Institution
There exist a major difference between household waste management and institutional waste management. Apart from the area to be covered, volume of waste
generated and the number of persons involved, the transient nature of the population
in the institutions creates their own limitations for successful waste management.
In a survey conducted by the authors’ (unpublished data) students as well as staff
are aware of the need to source segregate waste but there is a wide gap between
this awareness and practice similar to situations elsewhere (Barloa et al. 2016). Even
those who are aware of the need to source segregate do not know how to do it properly,
there is willingness to separate which corresponds to the level of awareness (65%
of the surveyed persons were willing to segregate) but only 35% of them practice
segregation.
2.1 Sources of Waste in Educational Institution and Types
of Waste
Solid waste generated in the institution campus from the following major sources
such as (i) administrative offices, (ii) classrooms, (iii) hostel, (iv) canteen, (iv) sports
complex and (v) other amenities such as bank, ATMs, post office, health centre, etc.
In general, solid waste can be classified into four different categories: (i) dry waste,
(ii) wet waste, (iii) hazardous waste and (iv) electronic waste. Different types of
waste are generated from the waste generators in the campus as shown in Table 1.
J. Jayaprakash and H. Jagadeesan
higher education institutions, are high population density areas; although majority
are present onsite only for part of the day, they do generate a large volume of waste
which needs to be managed properly for maintaining the campus cleanliness. Apart
from the teaching campuses, the residential areas (hostels, on-campus residences of
staff) also generate waste. The major waste categories are the papers, plastics and
wrappers, food wastes, yard waste, etc. Proper management of solid waste in the
institutions requires segregation of waste at source that is important. It is mandatory
that all the stakeholders in the institution cooperate for the sustainability of the clean
and green campuses. Moreover, as these young adults are going to be the future
policymakers, it is very important to understand their attitudes and inculcate in them
the need for appropriate waste management. The propaganda for Swatch Bharat has
made people aware of keeping their environment clean and they are slowly moving
out of the NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) attitude. It is high time this momentum is
increased so as to ensure the success of this movement.
2 Solid Waste Disposal and Management
in the Educational Institution
There exist a major difference between household waste management and institutional waste management. Apart from the area to be covered, volume of waste
generated and the number of persons involved, the transient nature of the population
in the institutions creates their own limitations for successful waste management.
In a survey conducted by the authors’ (unpublished data) students as well as staff
are aware of the need to source segregate waste but there is a wide gap between
this awareness and practice similar to situations elsewhere (Barloa et al. 2016). Even
those who are aware of the need to source segregate do not know how to do it properly,
there is willingness to separate which corresponds to the level of awareness (65%
of the surveyed persons were willing to segregate) but only 35% of them practice
segregation.
2.1 Sources of Waste in Educational Institution and Types
of Waste
Solid waste generated in the institution campus from the following major sources
such as (i) administrative offices, (ii) classrooms, (iii) hostel, (iv) canteen, (iv) sports
complex and (v) other amenities such as bank, ATMs, post office, health centre, etc.
In general, solid waste can be classified into four different categories: (i) dry waste,
(ii) wet waste, (iii) hazardous waste and (iv) electronic waste. Different types of
waste are generated from the waste generators in the campus as shown in Table 1.