Green Campus Policy

St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi is a NAAC 1. Four Star Level 2. B++ 3. A 4. B+ Grade College. It was established in 1944. College celebrated platinum jubilee in 2019. College has - Arts, Commerce, Science and Vocational courses faculties and 9901 students are studying here. The college is located in a beautiful campus of 6445.24 M2 in the heart of Ranchi city. The latitude and altitude of college is 23.3680 N, 85.3263 E.

The college has a beautiful campus situated in the heart of Ranchi city. As college has travelled long way and has expanded its dimension, number of students has increased, requirements have also increased yet college will adopt the “Green Campus Clean Campus” system for environmental conservation and sustainability as MDG and SDG also aim for sustainable development and educational institutions have to play a vital role to achieve these goals especially in NEP. College will manage efficient use of energy, water, waste and reduce CO2 level to create an atmosphere where students can learn to be eco sensitive and healthy. College will actively promote the various green initiatives by different committees like (Green campus committee, Eco Task Force, Geo Club, B.Ed. Environment Club, Rotaract Club and Individual department, students and staff members). The college administration will work on the several facets of “Green and Clean Campus” including Water Conservation, Tree Plantation, Waste Management, Paperless Work, Alternative Energy and Mapping of Biodiversity etc.

1. To introduce and make students aware of real concerns of environment and its sustainability.
2. To secure the environment and cut down the threats posed to human health by analyzing the pattern and extent of resource use on the campus.

• Water use and Management
• Energy use and Conservation
• Alternative source of Energy
• Waste Management
• E-waste Management
• Green Area Management
• Mapping of Biodiversity
• Cleanliness of the Campus
• Green initiatives

Avail water sources (pond, well, bore well, supply water) store rain water (ground and roof), proper use and no wastage of water, there will be some people in charges to control water supply. Waste water will be recycled and reused. College will avail pure drinking water etc.

Non- renewal energy is limited and causes pollution. Now humans have to look for the renewable sources of energy. In the college, energy sources will be supplied electricity from Jharkhand Vidyuth Board, generators, solar energy (roof as well as street light), invertors, UPS, Biogas, mushroom cultivation. College will replace old tube lights with LED tube lights and bulbs to reduce electricity consumption. There will be people in charges to switch off the tube lights if they are on unnecessarily. Meters will be there to indicate energy consumption.

There will be a waste dumping yard where segregated waste will be disposed. Some of them will be cleaned by municipality but college will have a composter to recycle leaf and food waste, vermicomposting techniques will be used to recycle leaf material. Use of plastics will be band in the campus, teachers and students will be conscientized through captions and quotations, through awareness programmes, cleaners and sweepers will be instructed to segregate the different types of waste material. Dustbins will be placed in the campus and corridors. Science labs which use chemicals will keep the inventory record of the chemicals. The chemical waste will be disposed in a proper way. Physics and chemistry lab will not use kerosene to produce fuel for the lab they will use LPG gas. Zoology lab will not use animals for practical. Single sided used papers will be used for writing and printing in all departments. Exams papers will be sent for pulping and recycling after completion of their preservation period. Metal waste and wooden waste will be given to the authorized scrap agents for further processing. Some glass bottles will be reused in the laboratories.

E-waste generated in the campus (cartridges, old computers, printer, Xerox machines, batteries) will be given to the approved E-waste management groups.

There will be green campus committee to make campus green and clean. College will keep the campus neat and clean. Greenery will be maintained. Green areas will be divided into different zones and there will be people in charges to look after them. There will a greenhouse to keep plants safe and sound. Gardeners will be appointed to look after the plants. Plants will be named and tagged. Birds and butterflies will not be disturbed. Some quotations will be put up at different places to sensitize students. Tree plantation, awareness programmes will be conducted by different clubs.