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Waste Minimisation Governance through Standardised Recycling Rate in Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia

Siti Nur Syamimi Mohd Na’im (Faculty of Engineering, UTM)
Mohd Fadhil Md Din (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)
Santhana Krishnan (Faculty of Engineering, UTM)
Shazwin Mat Taib (Faculty of Engineering, UTM)
Fadzlin Md Sairan (Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, UTM, Malaysia)

Sustainability Management Strategies and Impact in Developing Countries

ISBN: 978-1-80262-450-2, eISBN: 978-1-80262-449-6

Publication date: 25 April 2022

Abstract

Sustainable recycling activities in higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial as it serves as a common benchmark to a community that is socially and environmentally responsible. This chapter presents a suitable case study of HEIs in Malaysia reporting on recycling rate, monitoring the recycling patterns, and matching the significant recycling policy in the HEIs. Therefore, four HEIs including Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) were selected as the suitable case studies to examine the practices of recycling activities. These four HEIs are Malaysian research universities that are ranked in the top 300 in the UI Green Metric World University Rankings. Several findings and previous works were reviewed; further steps to set a recycling target were identified and served as a guidance of the standard recycling rate. Results showed the selected HEIs reflected the low percentage of recycling rate in the range of 0.03–29.26%, depending on its practices and policy. Three phases of planning have been structured to target the recycling rate at HEIs in Malaysia with the First Plan (2025), Second Plan (2035) and Third Plan (2040) towards the recycling rates of 20%, 30% and 40%, respectively. The recommendations for the HEIs formulate recycling policies and recycling rates, and for waste management, academia and research centres to play a more active role in increasing the efficiency of recycling activities for a positive impact on the recycling rate in HEIs.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the research grant and financial support provided by the MOHE and UTM under the MRUN grant number: R.J130000.7805.4L886.

Citation

Na’im, S.N.S.M., Din, M.F.M., Krishnan, S., Taib, S.M. and Sairan, F.M. (2022), "Waste Minimisation Governance through Standardised Recycling Rate in Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia", Din, M.F.M., Alias, N.E., Hussein, N. and Zaidi, N.S. (Ed.) Sustainability Management Strategies and Impact in Developing Countries (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 26), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-726220220000026008

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