Plastic disclosure project in AIT campus | |
| Author | Reddy, Sathi Ayyappa |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.JNTUK-16-05 |
| Subject(s) | Environment management Plastics--Evaluation--Thailand Refuse and refuse disposal--Evaluation--Thailand |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering and Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. JNTUK-16-05 |
| Abstract | Rapid increase in the usage of plastic products in urbanized and industrialized societies causes many environmental problems. Plastic has almost become an invincible commodity used in modern world. Plastic is used in almost every form as in packaging, automobiles, electronic and electrical products, agriculture use of plastics, medical device, housewares, and many other applications. Plastic waste management is one of the most important supports for achieving sustainability in higher education institutions, along with waste and wastewater, and energy management. As AIT campus is also planning to become a green campus, a detailed study about AIT’s plastic waste generation and composition, existing good and bad practices were conducted. This study reveals that amount of plastic waste generation in AIT in the year 2015 was 91.53 tonnes/year out of 345.7 tonnes of solid waste, which is nearly 0.31kg/day/ person. Food waste is the highest composition (40.6%), followed by plastic waste (29.1%). There are 7 different types of plastic wastes generated in AIT campus. In these plastic waste s, the LDPE waste had the highest proportion which is about (63.5%), and second highest proportions consists two different plastic wastes which are PP and PS both of these have equal proportion which is about (9.53%). PVC consists of the lowest proportion which is (0.73%). PET and HDPE is also one type of plastic waste, which is most easy recyclable waste which consists of proportion (6.8%), and (5.8%). Coming to the 7th type of plastic waste it is defined as Other type of plastic which consists of more than two monomers, which consists of (3.98%) proportion. In waste segregation at community scale had comparatively low participation and low success rate, except for cage bin collection of recyclable packaging wastes. A total of 863.8 kg recyclable packaging waste was collected from these bins, earning around 7,500 THB additional income to the waste collection staffs within the ten months. This study however shows that there is a scope for increasing the overall waste recovery rate by motivating people to practice sustainable plastic waste management by providing information, appropriate facilities, and regulations on 3R principles |
| Year | 2016 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. JNTUK-16-05 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Previous Degree Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kainada, India (JNTUK) |
| Chairperson(s) | Visvanathan, C. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Thammarat Koottatep;Salam, Abdul P. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2016 |