Abstract:
Comprehensive solid waste management programs are one of the greatest
challenges to achieving campus sustainability. Conducting a waste
characterization study is a critical first step in successful waste management
planning and advancing the overall sustainability of an institution of higher
education. This project on waste characterization studywas conducted at the
campus of Palestine Polytechnic University. Palestinians from West Bank and
Gaza generated about 1.59 Million tons or nearly 4,356 tons/ day in 2018.
Average production per capita is about 0.9 kg/day2. Most of municipal waste
(94%) is collected by municipalities, the UNRWA and JSCs. The JSCs collect
about 65% of the municipal waste; the remaining waste is taken care off by the
previously mentioned service providers and the private sector. The aim of the
study was to determine the amount and composition of waste generated within
key campus operational areas and to provide recommendations to senior
university administration on strategies for waste minimization, higher rates of
recycling and composting and improving the overall sustainability of the
campus waste management program, and to estimate the amount of revenue
possible after organizing the waste while also using different applications to do
so. Because of the lack of information regarding the estimation of the quantities
of the different type of waste generated, we use two previous studies that have
evaluated the amount of waste generated regarding the different type of waste
so we can evaluate the closer estimation in applying the study on our university
because a study like this hasn’t happened before on our university Palestine
Polytechnic University (PPU)
