From 2011 until the present day, Thammasat University implemented a set of announcements, policies and activities to minimize disposable items as a part of Thammasat Zero Waste Policies. In 2019, the waste management policies of Thammasat University were revised and unified into the 2019 Policy on Solid Waste Management, which covers all aspects of waste management.
Here are some of the concrete examples of the implementation of Zero Waste Policies:
- Since 2011, Thammasat has Implemented a Paperless meeting policy: Policy to replace hardcopy printing with e-document in university and faculty level meetings.
- In 2019, Thammasat has a policy on materials used for ceremonial pedestal trays, to replace flowers with useful items such as stationery and small sport equipments, so that those items can be later donated to schools around the area
- Other projects to reduce the use of deposable items include: ‘Pinto’ (reusable Lunch box) project / reusable cloth bag project; minimization of disposable items from events / Thammasat Refill Shoppe Project
- Online meeting policy
- Thammasat issued ‘Zero Waste Campus Handbooks’ as a tool for the whole campus to apply to their operation.
Please see related documents here
The 2019 Policy on Solid Waste Management
flowers to stationary pedestal policy – Pridi Day 2019
