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1 Introduction
In recent years, waste management has got priority in India. The central and state
governments have been identified the importance of environmental management and
implementing several measures.
Carpenter (2002) had provided an analysis of environmental management at ten
Australasian Universities, with a focus on the Australian National University. Three
indicators were used to assess the extent to which environmental management is
mainstream in the above institutions. These were the presence of environmental
plans and resources, the presence of control processes and the extent of community
involvement. Based on these indicators, it was concluded that, at present, environmental management could not be considered a core management issue within the
majority of the surveyed institutions. A conceptual framework was presented that
could prove useful to universities who would like to assess their progress in mainstreaming environmental management; reference was made to Laughlin (1991) organizational change models, which may also be useful in this regard. Tanik et al. (2016)
explained the importance of remote sensing and geographical information system in
environmental management studies.
Alshuwaikhat and Abubakar (2008) opined that the environmental pollution and
degradation caused by universities in the form of energy and material consumption
via activities and operations in teaching and research, provision of support services
and in residential areas could be considerably reduced by an effective choice of
organizational and technical measures. Even though many environmental protection measures were taken at some universities, more systematic and sustainable
approaches are generally lacking.
Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU), a State University, was established in 1976.
Infrastructural facilities and greenery were well developed at the campus. The campus has spread over 300 acres of land parallel to National Highway 5 (Photos 1 and
2), between Guntur (13 km) and Vijayawada (20 km) cities of Andhra Pradesh State
(Fig. 1). It is located in new capital city (Amaravati) of the state. More than 5000
students and 1500 staff and research scholars present in the campus. 60% of the
students reside in the hostels. As the campus was adjacent to NH-5, automobile pollution is adding to campus atmosphere continuously. From the hostels, departments
and administrative buildings, liquid waste has been releasing into the open channels.
Solid waste (mainly used paper and damaged furniture) and e-waste (computers and
accessories) were piling up in the campus.
2 Objective of the Study
The present study was aimed at environmental management of ANU campus by
managing various types of waste, i.e., liquid, solid and e-waste. It is also addressed
the air pollution and the status of water resources in the campus.
P. Sankara Pitchaiah et al.
1 Introduction
In recent years, waste management has got priority in India. The central and state
governments have been identified the importance of environmental management and
implementing several measures.
Carpenter (2002) had provided an analysis of environmental management at ten
Australasian Universities, with a focus on the Australian National University. Three
indicators were used to assess the extent to which environmental management is
mainstream in the above institutions. These were the presence of environmental
plans and resources, the presence of control processes and the extent of community
involvement. Based on these indicators, it was concluded that, at present, environmental management could not be considered a core management issue within the
majority of the surveyed institutions. A conceptual framework was presented that
could prove useful to universities who would like to assess their progress in mainstreaming environmental management; reference was made to Laughlin (1991) organizational change models, which may also be useful in this regard. Tanik et al. (2016)
explained the importance of remote sensing and geographical information system in
environmental management studies.
Alshuwaikhat and Abubakar (2008) opined that the environmental pollution and
degradation caused by universities in the form of energy and material consumption
via activities and operations in teaching and research, provision of support services
and in residential areas could be considerably reduced by an effective choice of
organizational and technical measures. Even though many environmental protection measures were taken at some universities, more systematic and sustainable
approaches are generally lacking.
Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU), a State University, was established in 1976.
Infrastructural facilities and greenery were well developed at the campus. The campus has spread over 300 acres of land parallel to National Highway 5 (Photos 1 and
2), between Guntur (13 km) and Vijayawada (20 km) cities of Andhra Pradesh State
(Fig. 1). It is located in new capital city (Amaravati) of the state. More than 5000
students and 1500 staff and research scholars present in the campus. 60% of the
students reside in the hostels. As the campus was adjacent to NH-5, automobile pollution is adding to campus atmosphere continuously. From the hostels, departments
and administrative buildings, liquid waste has been releasing into the open channels.
Solid waste (mainly used paper and damaged furniture) and e-waste (computers and
accessories) were piling up in the campus.
2 Objective of the Study
The present study was aimed at environmental management of ANU campus by
managing various types of waste, i.e., liquid, solid and e-waste. It is also addressed
the air pollution and the status of water resources in the campus.