Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University
This work is reporting the advocation of a public Malaysia University for the environmental protection through sustainable waste practices ever since its ban on the use of the “White Coffin” initiative in circa 2008, a flagship for environmental activism on its different campuses targeting to get ri...
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| author | Siok Sin Chan Theam Foo Ng Mohd Sayuti Hassan Chee Keat Ying Mei Lan Tan Siti Fairuz Mohd Radzi Reem Abou Assi Reem Abou Assi Siok-Yee Chan Siok-Yee Chan |
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| description | This work is reporting the advocation of a public Malaysia University for the environmental protection through sustainable waste practices ever since its ban on the use of the “White Coffin” initiative in circa 2008, a flagship for environmental activism on its different campuses targeting to get rid of polystyrene containers. This initiative was not halted but served as a spark of flare for a sustainability journey up to this very day. The effort to realise a sustainable tomorrow as the vision of higher education sector, including the studied Malaysian University has been integrating efforts from various parties. This includes the formation of “Kampus Sejahtera” (wellness campus), regional centre of expertise, sustainability course, and more recently the sustainability month, sustainability network, and most importantly, the local NGO-industrial-academia collaboration in the path toward a sustainable tomorrow. The work in this article delineates a case study in implementing sustainable waste practice from the start to the status, in one of the Malaysian public universities which is ranked 39th in Times Higher Education University in Global Impact Ranking 2021, and top in Malaysia. More emphasis will be placed on the current initiative of the local NGO-industrial-academia collaboration as case study in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41bf58fc0a1d43e6b7e3561db0b8b9ff2022-12-22T03:34:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2022-05-011010.3389/fenvs.2022.886060886060Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian UniversitySiok Sin Chan0Theam Foo Ng1Mohd Sayuti Hassan2Chee Keat Ying3Mei Lan Tan4Siti Fairuz Mohd Radzi5Reem Abou Assi6Reem Abou Assi7Siok-Yee Chan8Siok-Yee Chan9Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaCentre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaCentre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaDepartment of Biomedical Imaging, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, MalaysiaSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaCentre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaThoughts Formulation Laboratory, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaEDEN Research Group, College of Pharmacy, Al-Kitab University, Kirkuk, IraqCentre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaThoughts Formulation Laboratory, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, MalaysiaThis work is reporting the advocation of a public Malaysia University for the environmental protection through sustainable waste practices ever since its ban on the use of the “White Coffin” initiative in circa 2008, a flagship for environmental activism on its different campuses targeting to get rid of polystyrene containers. This initiative was not halted but served as a spark of flare for a sustainability journey up to this very day. The effort to realise a sustainable tomorrow as the vision of higher education sector, including the studied Malaysian University has been integrating efforts from various parties. This includes the formation of “Kampus Sejahtera” (wellness campus), regional centre of expertise, sustainability course, and more recently the sustainability month, sustainability network, and most importantly, the local NGO-industrial-academia collaboration in the path toward a sustainable tomorrow. The work in this article delineates a case study in implementing sustainable waste practice from the start to the status, in one of the Malaysian public universities which is ranked 39th in Times Higher Education University in Global Impact Ranking 2021, and top in Malaysia. More emphasis will be placed on the current initiative of the local NGO-industrial-academia collaboration as case study in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.886060/fullwastesustainabilityhigher education institutepracticesdg |
| spellingShingle | Siok Sin Chan Theam Foo Ng Mohd Sayuti Hassan Chee Keat Ying Mei Lan Tan Siti Fairuz Mohd Radzi Reem Abou Assi Reem Abou Assi Siok-Yee Chan Siok-Yee Chan Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University Frontiers in Environmental Science waste sustainability higher education institute practice sdg |
| title | Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University |
| title_full | Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University |
| title_short | Integrating Environmental Protection and Sustainable Waste Practices Among the Communities in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study in a Malaysian University |
| title_sort | integrating environmental protection and sustainable waste practices among the communities in higher education institutions case study in a malaysian university |
| topic | waste sustainability higher education institute practice sdg |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.886060/full |
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