Responsible Consumption and Production

The university actively promotes and supports the development of waste management systems based on the 3Rs principles (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in an environmentally friendly manner. It has published guidelines to encourage personnel and visitors to properly separate and dispose of waste at designated collection points within university buildings. Additionally, the university has established a waste management system and mechanisms that align with the UI Green Metric criteria indicators. More information can be found https://ga.kpru.ac.th/ui-green/?page_id=1065 
The measure of waste management is as follow;
1. Appoint a committee responsible for overseeing the office's waste management work.
2. Educate and campaign to properly sort waste before throwing it away and put it to good use.
3. Arrange the environment around the trash can location to be convenient, clean, and attractive, with clear signs indicating the type of trash.
4. Set up garbage at various points on every floor, separated by type of waste.
5. Check the separation of waste in bins regularly, collect each type of waste, and manage it following the specified waste management route under the monitoring of the staff.
6. Do not bring food to eat in the operating room area. The dining area is set on the first floor of the building.
7. Manage the sorted waste as follows.

1) Organic waste including food scraps, beverages, and food wrapping/packaging materials (natural materials) which are left over from eating or being used by guests attending meetings/training should be placed separately in the organic waste bin/receptacle prepared before washing food containers. Do not leave food scraps behind and drinks in the sink or drainpipe in the building. The separated waste is used to further make organic fertilizer.
2) General waste including plastic bags, plastic snack containers, coffee straws, rubber gloves, or plastics that are not worth recycling should be thrown away and collected for waste disposal contractors.
3) Recyclable waste including plastics that can be recycled, office paper, glass, and metal should be thrown in the recycling bin or placed in the recycling booth on every floor of the building. They will be collected and sent to the office's waste bank and distributed as income to the university.
4) Hazardous waste including batteries and flashlights should be thrown into the hazardous waste bin placed at one point at the garbage collection point behind the building. It will have staff check them once a month and take them to the hazardous waste disposal point designated by the local agency.
5) Infectious waste including used masks and ATK test kits should be thrown into infectious waste bins placed on every floor of the building by having the housekeeper check the trash found in the bin every day, collecting according to the methods of the Department of Health, The Ministry of Public Health, and bringing them to the garbage collection point behind the building.

8. Do not burn any garbage around the office.
9. Have housekeepers or field staff record complete information on the amount of each type of waste sent to recycle and to landfill every month with central staff supervising, monitoring, and collecting the results of operations and analyzing the amount of waste against the target value that has been set for a reduction in the amount of waste not less than 5%

Responsible Consumption and Production

Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University is committed to being a sustainable university and drive the university to be an environmentally friendly university, conducive to student learning, be a role model to public and communities. In order to achieve the objectives of environmental management and to be efficient in it, by the virtue of section 31 of the Rajabhat University Act B.E. 2547 and resolution adopted at the 11/2023 University Executive Meeting on November 7, 2023, thereby issue a notification of Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University of Environmental Management Policy for staff, students, and public to participate and help driving the university to be a sustainable university as follows:
1. This notification shall be referred to as “Notification of Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University on Environmental Management Policy B.E. 2566.”

2. This notification shall come into force as from the day following the date of its announcement.

3. Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University promotes environmental management system together with communicating the mention policy, its objectives, and operational guidelines by focus on the participation of all sectors in the university.

4. Promoting the building and environmental management according to the green university guidelines.

5. Supporting and encouraging the conservation of natural areas, restoration of degraded areas in consideration of the development of eco system and biodiversity.

6. Encouraging all sectors in the university to reduce energy consumption, improve energy consumption to be suitable and effective as well as using of alternative and renewable energy.

7. Campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support of the operation to becoming carbon neutral university.

8. Encourage and support of developing waste and hazardous substances management system according to 3Rs principles.

9. Raising awareness and participation in reducing the use of plastic, foam, and single-use plastic as well as how to properly dispose of them.

10. Encourage the university to have an environmentally friendly procurement system.

11. To have an efficient operational management, control, and improvement system of wastewater to verify and follow the quality of water and use of treated water appropriately.

12. Encourage the use of zero carbon emission vehicles. Improve the efficiency of public transportation. Reduce usage of private vehicles within the university and determine of the suitable parking area.

13. Support of creating curriculums, workshops, or activities related to environmental and sustainability as well as distribution of knowledge and academic services for other agencies or communities.

14. The university must follow, inspect, and assess of operating out come as well as review and revise the policy, objectives, and operating plan on environment, continuously and develop the university to be a sustainable environmental management model to extend the results to local communities. Please kindly be informed accordingly. Announced on November 9, 2023

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Environmental Management Policy