Citation: Amberber M, Addis Y (2017) Paper Burning and Associated Pollution Problems in Higher Educational Institutions of Ethiopia; The Need and Potential for Recycling. Int J Waste Resour 7: 290. doi: 10.4172/2252-5211.1000290
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returning the assessment paper for the students after correction to use it for future reference. Although, 50% of the respondents preferred to reserve and document the assessment papers in their offices after correction, they pointed out that they suffer from shortage of storage space and unpleasant odor results in decrease aesthetic value of the offices and health problems like asthma. Those who burned the assessment papers put the prevention of student dependency on the assessment papers in case they obtain, to get enough space for storage, to minimize unpleasant odor that cause health problems and to maintain the aesthetic value of the office as the main reasons. Moreover, 74.07% and 63.05% of the respondents of ECSU and KMU respectively, indicated that they are volunteer and ready to provide used paper to delegated company for recycling as indicated in Figure 4. Conclusion Based on the findings, it is possible to conclude that there is huge potential of waste paper for recycling in higher education institutions. The paper recycling projects could minimize the amount of criteria air pollutants (CO, SO2, NOx, VOCs) which are detrimental to health, and the greenhouse gas CO 2 as well as toxic heavy metals (Pb and Cd). On the other hand, printed paper contains significant amount of macronutrients which could be used for fertilizer for acidic soils after composting if recycling of paper is found to be difficult. Instructors’ perception on the side effects of burning and storing assessment papers and their willingness to provide for recycling along with the huge amount of paper purchased and used for assessment is indication of availability of huge potential for paper recycling in HEIs [11-13]. Recommendation x Recycling assessment papers can be an additional business development area in higher educational institutions. Therefore, to be economically efficient and environmentally sound higher learning institutions had better establish paper recycling enterprises independently or in co-operation. If establishment of recycling company is difficult, the waste paper could be composted for nutrient recovery and soil fertilization. x Environmental science and related departments should raise awareness among instructors to submit assessment papers to working on recycling of papers enterprises. x The established enterprise should agree to keep assessment papers save or cut in to small pieces till processing. Acknowledgment 7KLV ZRUN LV EDVHG RQ WKH DQQXDO ¿QDQFLDO VXSSRUW RI .RWHEH 0HWURSROLWDQ University for research projects. The authors greatly acknowledge this institution. .H\ LQIRUPDQWV RI WKH VFLHQWL¿F FRPPXQLW\ ZKR ZLOOLQJO\ VKDUHG WKHLU YDOXDEOH SHUFHSWLRQV DQG VFLHQWL¿F NQRZOHGJH DQG SURYLGHG LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW WKH assessment paper status of their university are also duly acknowledged.
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Citation: Amberber M, Addis Y (2017) Paper Burning and Associated Pollution Problems in Higher Educational Institutions of Ethiopia; The Need and Potential for Recycling. Int J Waste Resour 7: 290. doi: 10.4172/2252-5211.1000290
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