Action Plan on the Reduction of Plastic Waste on Campus

Walailak University has a guideline to reduce the use of plastic and to stop serving plastic bags with handles and foam for packing food in restaurants and shops inside Walailak University in response to the strategic plan of the green university policy in the fifth strategic issue, enhancing the image as a happy green university city, Property Management Center. Therefore, waste management measures have been established in the business areas, such as canteens, Chopradu food centers, and shops within Walailak University Property Management Center. It has set measures for all shops to refrain from providing plastic bags with handles and foam in food packaging to reduce the amount of waste at the source by using the 3Rs principle, which is Reduce, Reuse, and Reject.

Therefore, the university is committed to becoming a sustainable university and recognizes the importance of sustainable plastic reduction. Thus, it provides an action plan for waste management to reduce the amount of waste that must be sent to landfills to a minimum and with awareness of the amount of single-use plastic, including bags, bottles, tubes, etc., that is thrown away after just one use. The university has a one-time-used policy to reduce plastic waste as follows: