Sustainable Development Goal 12Annual Report on Responsible Consumption and Production

2020

12RESPONSIBLECONSUMPTIONAND PRODUCTION

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITYPHAGWARA, PUNJAB

www.lpu.in

Responsible consumption and production have been defined as “the use of services and related products which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimizing the use of natural resources and toxic materials as well as the emission of waste and pollutants over the life cycle of the service or product so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations”. It is all about promoting the efficient use of natural resources, energy efficiency, and sustainable infrastructure which involves engaging consumers through awareness-raising and education on sustainable consumption and reducing waste.The last few decades have been a time of dynamic changes across the world, with millions of people lifted out of poverty and a number of countries reaching middle income status. However, these achievements and changes have come at a significant cost to the environment. As population explosion is taking place all over the world, natural resources are depleting at a faster pace. Humanity is relying on 0.5 per cent for all of man’s ecosystems and freshwater needs. Rivers and water bodies along with groundwater is getting unfit for drinking because of rise in water pollution. More than 1 billion people still do not have access to fresh water. Land degradation, declining soil fertility are the effects of increasing soil pollution. LPU emphasizes responsible consumption through its policies related to ethical sourcing of raw material from local suppliers, waste disposal mechanism, no plastic usage, reduction in disposable items, recycling used water etc. Ministry of HRD ranks LPU among top-ten ‘Swachh’ Universities of India.

1. Introduction

In terms of academic initiatives, Lovely Professional University has integrated Project Swachhagraha into the curriculum of first-year students to improve the quality of life without increasing environmental degradation. 'Trash the trash,' is the title of this project's innovative endeavour. More than 6,000 University students from across India are taking part in it. During their summer vacation, the students are working on anti-littering projects. The assignment's goal is to raise community awareness about anti-littering through these young crusaders. Each participating student has to Explore, Discover, Think and Share (EDTAS) the problem-solving strategy for anti-littering in the community or locality. In Addition to this LPU has introduced many courses in their curriculum, where more than 10000+ students are studying a course like green and sustainable construction practices, sustainable development and the livelihood, international environmental law, principles of food processing and preservation, bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers, post-harvest technology for vegetable crops and so on as mentioned below. In addition to these, innovative practices in teaching are adopted to create awareness regarding social responsibility among our youth.

Academic/research Initiatives

The framework covers management of all the different type of waste hazardous or non hazardous covering any item biological, chemical, physical and radiological which has the potential of causing harm to humans, animals or environment. The collection, disposal and recycle of the waste should be done as per the guidelines laid by the respective government bodies. The framework is extended to all the contracted services on the campus including food catering services, canteens, suppliers of stationary, equipment and building contracts and supply chain.

Approvals from Government Authorities

• Specific authorization is obtained under Bio Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2016 from Punjab Pollution Control Board • Authorization of Punjab Pollution Control Board for discharge of effluent(s) under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and under Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 is also obtained. • Authorization under Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 is also obtained from Punjab Pollution Control Board.

Frame Work of Waste Management

• Collaboration with government authorized agencies for the lifting, recycling and disposal of biomedical waste, solid waste, E-waste and hazardous waste is in place.• Biomedical waste is lifted by Bio Medical Waste Treatment Plant Pvt. Ltd. (BMWT), Pathankot, which is authorized by the concerned government authorities as, Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility. • Adequate arrangements for lifting of municipal solid waste from the campus and dumping at the municipal corporation sites by the authorized operators as per Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2016 are also made.• Agreement with M/s Exigo Recycling Private Limited in respect of lifting and recycling of electronic waste has also been made which has authorization from Pollution Control Board Authorities under E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.• Arrangement with common hazardous waste treatment facility namely M/s JK Trading Company, Jalandhar having authorization of concerned government authority has also been made.

Collaborations with agencies forDisposal of waste

Research publications and Patents.

Many Research Papers has been published on Responsible consumption and production and many patents are published. Few of the published patents are given below:• An Iot-Based Real-Time Platter Weight Analysis For Food Wastage Management• A Virus Disinfecting System For Food• Food Packaging Disposal Waste Segregation Machine• A Novel Process For Recycling Tea (Camellia Sinensis) And Coffee (Coffea) Waste And Its Use• A Process For Effluent Treatment Using Agro processing Waste• A Novel Method For Energy Recovery From Waste Water

• All chemicals are neutralized before disposing them off as effluent. 10 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant is installed and functional on campus for the treatment of waste water as per respective guidelines and treated water is used for irrigation purposes.• Liquid biomedical waste is treated with sodium hypochlorite and then discharged in Sewage Treatment Plant at the campus.• Biomedical waste is collected in colour coded dustbins (yellow, red, blue and white) as prescribed in Bio Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2016.• Apart from this, the University has well-organized eco-friendly framework for maintaining cleanliness at the campus. The housekeeping staff is deployed under concerned hostel wardens and administrative officers (AOs) to ensure proper cleanliness at campus. Besides, there are sector in-charges and supervisors for ensuring and maintaining proper cleanliness in the campus. • More than 380 Sweepers are deployed in the campus for ensuring cleanliness at all levels in academic, administrative, residential and other areas.• Waste/garbage generated in University campus collected and measured at regular intervals and emptied at dumping yards provided at various locations all over the university.• Adequate machinery like vacuum machines, spray pumps, fogging machine, floor scrubbers etc. are also available for efficient cleaning and pest control as and when required.• Waste is collected in colour coded dustbins, green for wet waste and blue for dry recyclable wastes, which are managed appropriately and periodically by housekeeping staff.• Waste oil which cannot be reused is disposed off centrally through Government authorized vendors. Arrangement with common hazardous waste treatment facility namely M/s JK Trading Company, Jalandhar having authorization of concerned government authority has also been made. The records are maintained at Central store of the University for compliance.• University prohibits the use of plastic plasticware such as glasses, spoons etc. in the campus. Instead, wooden spoons and hard paper plates etc. are used. Single use plastic is banned in the campus. Awareness signages are also provided at various locations of the campus.• The e-waste, including CFLs, Printers, Cartidges, motherboards, keyboards, computers, monitors etc. which cannot be reused is disposed off centrally through Government authorized vendors. Agreement with M/s Exigo Recycling Private Limited in respect of lifting and recycling of electronic waste also been made which has authorization from Pollution Control Board authorities under E-waste (Management) rules, 2016.

Internal System at the campus

In order to successfully implement waste management waste avoidance and minimization at source is very important and should be a continual process.

Waste minimization, Reuse andRecycling

• Training and workshops are conducted at regular intervals for creating awareness.• Vermicomposting is done to produce compost from the waste leaf litter and various species of earthworms. Composting pit can is supplemented with cooked and raw kitchen waste being produced from various hostel messes. The compost produced is be used to supply nutrients to plantation in the University. • The bins of left-over foods are transported to nearby piggeries and cow sheds to fed to animals.• A biogas plant based on “Deenbandhu model” is constructed to produce biogas from cattle dung. The capacity of the plant is around 6m3 which requires excreta of around 10-12 cattle (150 kg excreta) and this can produce sufficient biogas for cooking food for 15 people daily. Apart from the cattle

Workshops on ‘Jute Bag Designing’ and ‘Dry Wool Felting’ in New Delhi:

Our Faculty and students from Fashion Design conducted sustainability Workshops on ‘Jute Bag Designing’ and ‘Dry Wool Felting’ across different schools in New Delhi. The workshop exposed the school students to superlative knowledge and skills and promoting natural, planet-friendly products to protect the environment. The students surely had an enjoyable rare experience.

Campus/Extension EngagementActivities

With cities struggling to breathe due to severe levels of different forms of pollution like air pollution, land pollution and water pollution, various organisations are making efforts to curb them through efficient and low-cost methods. One of such initiatives is ‘Swatch Bharat Abhiyan’ by Government of India. Promoting the government’s vision, LPU organised a Workshop on “Solid Waste Management”.

Workshop on “Solid WasteManagement” Held at LPU

In this workshop, numerous methods and techniques to manage solid waste were discussed. Emphasis was laid on safeguarding the public health and protecting the environment. The workshop was attended by the members of Jalandhar Cantonment Board. The attendees gave active participation and highlighted the urgent need for effective solid waste management.

1.LPU-NSS in association with Municipal Corporation Phagwara organized " Swachta Abhiyan and Say No To Plastic Rally " in Phagwara on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Ji in which our volunteers along with Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India Shri. Som Prakash and the officials of Municipal Corporation Phagwara conducted a rally in which they spread the prime message of cleanliness and stopping the use of plastic to the public and the local shopkeepers and vendors and warned them about the harms related to it and the hazards that it may cause.

Swachta Abhiyan and Say No To PlasticRally organized by NSS Unit

2. LPU-NSS, under the aegis of Community Service Cell, Division of Student Welfare organized a "Say No to plastic Campaign" in collaboration with Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar on the occasion Ravi Das Jayanti on 09th Feb 2020.In this event the LPU-NSS Volunteers along with the Municipal Corporation spread awareness about the harmful effects of using Plastic bags and should be banned. They also explained about the alternatives available instead to plastic. The entire event was a great success as the volunteers were able to spread the message at wide.

LPUNSS volunteers took the initiative to make people aware about the fact that “plastic bags are one of the most problematic forms of garbage” for the environment, they also distributed handmade paper bags made from newspapers in more than 20 states of India. These paper bags were distributed among the shops as well as to the vendors with trolley.

Say No To Plastics(Paper bag distribution)

Faculty Achievements

Development of Eco-Friendly Paint andPrimer using Litchi Extracts

Waste Handling Project: Green Haathi Segregator

Two of our faculty members Dr. Ankit Kotia and Dr. Jastin Samuel has submitted the proposed solution titled "Green Haathi to Make Earth Green" in MIT Solve 2019.

Dwarika Prasade, a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Science, Lovely Professional University has addressed the grave issue of increasing cancer risks associated with synthetic paints by developing a 100 percent natural and eco-friendly paint and primer using mere litchi peel and seeds. Hailing from Dehradun, a substantial litchi producer, Prasade was intrigued by the enormous litchi waste and litchi seeds strewn everywhere especially in Uttarakhand. He thus came up with this unique alternative that is absolutely harmless to the people and environment

Website Link:https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/circular-economy/solutions/8933 Solution Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUoV50JEXZI

Collaboration

LPU has signed MoU with CSIR-AMPRI, Students to convert ‘Waste into Wealth’

• By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.• By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse• By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains• By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.• By 2030, waste to energy and composting• By 2030, Installation of Insinuator• By2030, Establish sustainable supply chain.• By2030, 100% segregation of waste and utilization as per waste characteristics.

To manage of all types of waste hazardous or non-hazardous practices for sustainable development related to Responsible consumption and production, various activities are conducted by the university and appropriate measure are taken by the university to manage all types of waste management and promotes a culture of paperless University. Furthermore, the university is committed to develop and monitor the more sustainable patterns of consumption and production in future.

FUTURE PLANS

CONCLUSION

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