KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) has handed 397 electronic devices to the Recycle Community Malaysia (RCOMM) to be disposed of as electronic waste (e-waste).
Deputy dean of The Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning (CPKLL), Dr Jeannet Stephen, said the e-waste that were disposed of included computers, televisions, printers and other electronic devices that were collected since 1999.
She said the university treated E-waste disposal seriously in its effort to maintain environmental sustainability for the next generations.
“The effort will continue with the establishment of the Eco Campus through various awareness programmes and activities such as the ‘green campus’ campaign to increase public awareness on the importance of environmental protection and conservation,” she said after handing over the e-waste to RCOMM at CPKLL foyer here yesterday.
Jeannet said CPKLL also provided recycling sites for E-waste in support of the effort.
She said the programme would be held from time to time, while lecturers especially at the centre, were instructed to hand over electronic devices that were no longer in use for E-waste disposal.
Meanwhile, CPKLL senior assistant register Awina Kamis said the assets that were disposed of were worth RM1 per unit due to depreciation. The E-waste disposed yesterday was worth about RM1.3 million in total back in 1999.
Also present was RCOMM secretary general Miza Pawan.