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Article

Sustainable Solid Waste Management Strategies for Higher Education Institutions: Diponegoro University, Indonesia Case Study

by
Mochamad Arief Budihardjo
1,*,
Natasya Ghinna Humaira
2,
Soraya Annisa Putri
2,
Bimastyaji Surya Ramadan
2,
Syafrudin Syafrudin
1 and
Eflita Yohana
3
1
Department of Environmental Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia
2
Environmental Sustainability Research Group, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia
*
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Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 13242; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313242
Submission received: 7 November 2021 / Revised: 18 November 2021 / Accepted: 18 November 2021 / Published: 30 November 2021
(This article belongs to the Topic Solid Waste Management)
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Abstract

Effective solid waste management strategies are recognized as efforts to achieve campus sustainability. The university campus is currently considered the center of various activities involving students, lecturers, staff, and other parties contributing to the consumption pattern of energy, water, and other resources. This study aims to estimate the quantity and compositions of waste generated on the Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) campus, identify the causes of waste generation, evaluate the relationships between variables through statistical analysis, and recommend possible strategies to reduce solid waste generation. The results show that the simultaneous contribution of the student-gender ratio, student awareness level, administrative staff background, and green space amounted to 67.7% of the waste generation at UNDIP. Therefore, these four factors need to be a concern for campus authorities in their efforts to handle campus waste. Student awareness in particular was determined to be the only factor that significantly affects solid waste generation. UNDIP may implement proper environmental education through sustainability courses in each faculty to reduce solid waste in higher education institutions since it has the most significant impact. Outcomes of this study could be used as a reference to develop sustainable campus strategies, recycling plans, and comprehensive waste management in higher education.
Keywords: campus sustainability; solid waste management; factors affecting; statistical analysis campus sustainability; solid waste management; factors affecting; statistical analysis

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Budihardjo, M.A.; Humaira, N.G.; Putri, S.A.; Ramadan, B.S.; Syafrudin, S.; Yohana, E. Sustainable Solid Waste Management Strategies for Higher Education Institutions: Diponegoro University, Indonesia Case Study. Sustainability 2021, 13, 13242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313242

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Budihardjo MA, Humaira NG, Putri SA, Ramadan BS, Syafrudin S, Yohana E. Sustainable Solid Waste Management Strategies for Higher Education Institutions: Diponegoro University, Indonesia Case Study. Sustainability. 2021; 13(23):13242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313242

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Budihardjo, Mochamad Arief, Natasya Ghinna Humaira, Soraya Annisa Putri, Bimastyaji Surya Ramadan, Syafrudin Syafrudin, and Eflita Yohana. 2021. "Sustainable Solid Waste Management Strategies for Higher Education Institutions: Diponegoro University, Indonesia Case Study" Sustainability 13, no. 23: 13242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313242

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Budihardjo, M. A., Humaira, N. G., Putri, S. A., Ramadan, B. S., Syafrudin, S., & Yohana, E. (2021). Sustainable Solid Waste Management Strategies for Higher Education Institutions: Diponegoro University, Indonesia Case Study. Sustainability, 13(23), 13242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313242

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