1. Primary SDG: 12
2. Related SDGs (if any): 3/8/15.4.3
3. Category:
Policy and Operations
☐ Teaching and Learning
☐ Outreach and Engagement
☐ Research and Innovation
☐ Others (please specify): __________
4. Title: Hazardous waste management, and biosafety
5. Activity/Implementation Date: 11 April 2025
5 June 2025
30 December 2025
6. Responsible Unit: Faculty of Agriculture
7. News Content:
In accordance with Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya’s hazardous waste disposal policy, the Plant Pathology Laboratory (CB311), Registration No. 2-0060-0001-2, has implemented laboratory safety practices since 2024. Located at the Faculty of Agriculture, Nakhon Si Thammarat Campus, Thung Yai District, Thailand, the laboratory is led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornsil Seephueak and laboratory staff. The initiative focuses on laboratory safety, hazardous waste management, and biosafety compliance in research activities. It aims to ensure the safe handling and management of potentially hazardous biological and chemical materials. These practices seek to minimize risks to human health, animals, and the environment while promoting sustainable research operations.
The laboratory continuously implements hazardous waste management and biosafety practices in compliance with the university’s policy and established laboratory safety standards. (11 April 2025, 5 June 2025, 30 December 2025). These practices include the safe management of hazardous laboratory waste and adherence to biosafety requirements in biological research. Research involving biodiversity-related biological resources requires appropriate authorization before experimental activities commence. The laboratory underwent a formal peer evaluation covering eight components of laboratory safety management. Component 3 assessed hazardous waste management, while Component 6 evaluated biosafety-related requirements and compliance with laboratory safety standards.
In 2025, the Plant Pathology Laboratory obtained laboratory safety certification associated with the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Certificate No. 16-2025/00001. The laboratory successfully completed a peer evaluation covering all eight components of laboratory safety standards. Component 3, addressing hazardous waste management, achieved a score of 92.00%, meeting the required assessment criteria. Component 6, addressing biosafety-related requirements, achieved a score of 100%, demonstrating full achievement of the assessed criteria. These results provide measurable evidence of compliance with laboratory safety standards and support SDG 12 through responsible hazardous waste management and biosafety practices.
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9. Related Links / Supporting Evidence:
https://url.rmutsv.ac.th/doqt7l
https://url.rmutsv.ac.th/mijir6
https://url.rmutsv.ac.th/iisj0w
10. Information Provider: Asst.Prof.Dr. Worawitoo Meesook