Sumarmi, Alfyananda K. Putra, Alfi Sahrina, Umar Haiyat A. Kohar, Natasya Shaherani, Novika A. Wibowo, Waode Y. Silviariza
UM is a higher education institution (PTN) that is consistent with the values of sustainable and prosperous life, as well as the concept of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 6 UI Green Metric indicators One of the wishes which it wants to become are managing and administrating plastic waste in UM. The objectives to identify plastic waste management strategies at UM, and create social innovations that incorporate environmental volunteers on strategies for plastic waste management using the Green Campus Model. The method used in this research is development with the data collection by questionnaires, interview, observation, documentation and forum group discussion (FGD). Results were evaluated by quantitative expression statistically as tabulation, percentile and SWOT analysis. It is also a sign that the plastic waste interventions conducted on UM are rather effective, with 90% of strategy successfully implemented and managed to reduce 30% plastic waste in one year. In collaboration with the head of family, the head of garden head of public lecture building general Faculty sub-section, cleaning floor team, cleaning room team (outsource), environmental volunteer team intra-campus student organizations and Malang City Waste Bank as well as related small businesses. Although the study has achieved a lot of success, the extensive proportions increase in participant knowledge and experience with additional mentoring to increased implementation effectiveness. © 2025 The authors.
Geography Department, Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Malang (UM), Malang City, 65145, Indonesia; Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Technology Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur, 54100, Malaysia
