12.2.4 Policy waste disposal - landfill policy

Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) has a policy on waste disposal that measures the amount of waste sent to landfill and recycled. The Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on the Policy on Waste Management, Landfill Waste Reduction, and Recycling (SWU Zero Waste) was signed by the President, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cholvit Jearajit, and announced on 31 March B.E. 2568 (A.D. 2025), so the policy was created within the period 2022–2026 and was in place in 2025. It builds on the SWU Zero Waste Policy announced on 13 December B.E. 2567 (2024) and on the University’s annual campus waste statistics reporting system. The policy requires the University to measure, record and monitor the quantities of waste generated, waste sent to landfill and waste recycled, in kilograms or metric tonnes, classified by disposal or recovery method, including landfill, recycling and composting.

The policy also sets out how results are calculated and tracked. The recycling rate is the quantity of waste recycled divided by the total waste generated, multiplied by 100, and the landfill diversion rate is the quantity of waste managed by methods other than landfill divided by the total waste generated, multiplied by 100. The University sets a target to reduce general waste by at least 10% each year and to reduce waste sent to landfill by at least 10% each year against the previous year’s recorded figure. It supports these targets through waste segregation at source, recycling of paper, plastics, metals and glass, composting of organic waste, and work with authorised collectors and recyclers, with weighing reports and disposal records kept as evidence. Relevant units prepare annual reports on total waste, landfill waste, recycled waste, recycling rates and diversion rates, and the waste statistics are made public on the University’s website at https://sd.op.swu.ac.th/garbage_statistics.

Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1taW4mwtxn_xpv5dhfhNnlYZz9zeCQxo1/view