Current practices of waste management at Universitas Diponegoro campus, Indonesia

Abstract

The existence of waste is one of the problems faced by the community, including in the college of higher education. Waste is produced not only from personal consumption, but also from other activities including office operations and research activities in laboratories and other personal activities. This condition is also related to increasing the existing activities on the campus of Universitas Diponegoro UNDIP, resulting in increasing waste. Related to this UNDIP gives serious attention to develop integrated waste management system. It is also related to the desire of UNDIP to be a sustainable university, where the principles of greenmetrics are always applied in the management of the environment. This article provides an overview of the curent practices of waste management at UNDIP’s campus.