Enhancing efficiency of grease traps through the addition of lipase producing bacteria for wastewater management in the fresh markets

การเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพของถังดักไขมันด้วยเทคโนโลยีชีวภาพสำหรับการจัดการน้ำเสียในตลาดสดบทคัดย่อ: ตลาดสดทำหน้าที่สำคัญหลายประการสำหรับประชากรในพื้นที่ต่าง ๆ แต่ทว่ากิจกรรมต่าง ๆ ในตลาดสดทำให้เกิดน้ำเสีย (Wastewater) ซึ่งเป็นประเด็นปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมที่สำคัญของจังหวัดอุบลราชธานี การวิจัยนี้ทำการศึกษาเทคโนโลยีชีวภาพที่เหมาะสมสำหรับนำมาใช้ในการจัดการน้ำเสียจากตลาดสดเพื่อยกระดับการจัดการของน้ำเสียในตลาดสดเทศบาล 3 และตลาดดอนกลาง จังหวดอุบลราชธานี ผลการศึกษาแสดงให้เห็นว่า Bacillus pumilus. strain UBU5 ที่ผ่านการคัดเลือกแบคทีเรียและทดสอบประสิทธิภาพการกำจัดไขมันในน้ำเสียสังเคราะห์สามารถกำจัดน้ำมันและไขมัน (Oil and grease) ในน้ำเสียและเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการบำบัดน้ำเสียของถังดักไขมันของครัวเรือนและร้านอาหารได้ นอกจากนี้ผลการศึกษายังแสดงให้เห็นอีกว่าการเติม Bacillus pumilus. strain UBU5 ในถังดักไขมันช่วยลดความถี่ในการตักไขมันออกจากถังดักไขมันโดยที่ยังทำให้ประสิทธิภาพในการบำบัดน้ำเสียไม่ลดลง การศึกษานี้แสดงให้เห็นว่า การเติม Bacillus pumilus. strain UBU5 ในถังดักไขมันมีแนวโน้มที่จะสามารถนำมาใช้ในการยกระดับการจัดการน้ำเสียของตลาดสดได้ Abstract: Fresh markets or wet markets have many functions for local people in many areas. Wastewater is generated from many activities in the market, causing environmental concerns and problems for Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. This research aims to identify and testy suitable biological technologies for enhancing the levels of wastewater treatment of the Municipal Fresh Market 3 and Don Klang Market in Ubon Ratchathani. The empirical results from the laboratory and pilot testing revealed that adding the identified bacterium - Bacillus pumilus. strain UBU5 – in grease traps of households and restaurants was able to enhance the wastewater treatment efficiency and to reduce oil and grease. In addition, Bacillus pumilus. strain UBU5 was able to minimize the cleaning frequency of the grease traps without compromising the treatment efficiency. In sum, this study demonstrated that Bacillus pumilus. strain UBU5 has a high potential to be used in grease traps in fresh markets for enhancing the wastewater treatment efficiency and reducing the cleaning frequency

Making SENS: exploring the antecedents and impact of store environmental stewardship climate

Retailers increasingly recognize that environmental responsibility is a strategic imperative. However, little research has investigated or identified the factors that facilitate the successful implementation of environmentally responsible strategies across a network of customer-facing sales units (stores). We propose that a store manager’s ability to lead by example facilitates this process by fostering a supportive climate for store environmental stewardship (SENS-climate). By examining the influence of store managers’ actions on sales associates’ perceptions of the SENS-climate, as well as the subsequent impact on their performance—measured by margins, as well as sales of green and regular products—this study demonstrates that store managers can foster a SENS-climate by articulating their prioritization of environmental responsibility in their operational decisions. These positive effects are sustained by relational factors, such as the moderating effect of the store manager–sales associate dyadic tenure. In contrast, when store managers display high variability in their environmental orientation, it hinders the development of SENS-climate perceptions among sales associates. If sales associates perceive an enabling SENS-climate, they achieve higher margins and more green but fewer regular sales

Greening production and consumption: the case of the appliance and dairy industries in Thailand

Abstract Natapol Thongplew Thesis title: Greening production and consumption: The case of the appliance and dairy industries in Thailand This research looked into the greening of the appliance and dairy industries in globalizing Thailand from a product chain perspective. It studied roles and strategies of appliance and dairy companies in greening consumption with an explicit involvement of consumers. This research finds that appliance and dairy have increasingly attempted to engage Thai consumers in buying and using more sustainable products. To do so, companies employ different consumer-oriented strategies, including providing environmental information; however, they do not yet have a full-fledged consumer-oriented strategy to activate and engage (silent green) consumers. The study summarizes that appliance and dairy companies in Thailand can advance their consumer-oriented strategies for better engaging Thai consumers (with green products and green markets) by acknowledging the role of consumers as citizens, recognizing emerging sustainable practices and lifestyles of citizens, and organizing consumer groups

Program Development Learning Management Competency of Childhood Teachers In the School of Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 4

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the present the desirable condition and performance management of teachers early childhood learning for schools Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office Area 4. 2) to explore ways to enhance performance management of teachers, early childhood learning for schools. Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. and 3) to develop a program to strengthen performance management, learning of teachers for early childhood education. Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. The research 3 phase: Phase 1 is the educational component and a measure to develop capacity building. The learning of early childhood teachers. The samples include school administrators school was one person and teacher at the Primary School, the first man by the size of three sizes smaller sizes 17 schools. medium sizes 13 schools and a large sizes 2 school. Total 32 schools administrators 32 peoples and teachers 32 peoples. in total 64 peoples. The randomized, stratified (Stratified Random Sampling) used to collect data, including statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation Phase 2 the development of the capacity building of teachers early childhood learning from the school the best practices. and Phase 3 development program to strengthen performance management of teachers early childhood learning. The results were as follows: 1. Results of the study the current state and the desired performance of the overall learning of early childhood teachers are observed in all aspects. The desirable aspects of the performance management of teachers, early childhood learning, the overall demand in the two sides have very desirable in the fourth. Including the creation of the right course. The event promotes the development and learning of children. The creation of an environment conducive to the child’s learning. The integration of learning. 2. Study how to enhance performance management of teachers, early childhood learning for schools Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. Found there is capacity building: 1) self-development, 2) Developed by schools and 3) developing teacher agency. 3. To develop capacity building programs for teachers of early childhood learning. There are elements of the program include: 1) the importance of the program, and 2) the purpose of the program 3) format and how to develop 4) The structure of the program 5) the content and essence of the program consists of 3 modules. Module 1 analysis curriculum. Module 2 development activities. and Module 3 Evaluation of development and learning. The time to develop a 35-hour development methods include. Development methods: 1) self-study 2) to a study visit 3) the training process. The three development stages: Stage 1 assessment before development. Stage 2 assessing the development. Stage 3 assessment after development. Program Development Learning Management Competency of Childhood Teachers overall a reasonable level and feasibility overall level. Used to enhance the learning of teachers in early childhood education Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office Area 4

Artificial Neural Networks Model for Multireservoir Water Allocation

ABSTRACT This research aimed to develop the multireservoir water allocation model for the Upper Mun basin in Northeast of Thailand where there were 4 large scale multipurpose reservoirs namely Lam Chae, Mun Bon, Lam Phra Ploeng and Lam Takong located. The study area covered 7,190 sq.km. The water in the basin was used for 4 purposes namely agriculture, municipal and industrial water supply, preserving the ecological system equilibrium and the water requirements at the river basin outlet for downstream users. There were 4 big irrigation systems covering the area of 353,650 rai and 8 municipal and industrial water supply systems. 25 years of monthly data were used in the analysis of the water shortage in the basin. The optimum water allocation among the 4 water user groups was derived by the multiobjective optimization techniques called Epsilon-constraint linear programming. The best water allocation policy that satisfied the profitability, equity and reliability criteria was derived by the multicriteria decision making process called AHP. The priority weights for profitability, reliability and equity were 41, 32.3 and 26.7% respectively. The best water allocation policy was then simulated by HEC-3 using the cases of dry and normal year. The simulation result was used to develop the artificial neural networks model for multireservoir water allocation. The 12-16-4-4 MLFF-BP neural networks were the best fitted model. The model showed very high R 2 of 0.9578-0.9900 for training and R 2 of 0.8041-0.9658 for the testing. The 12-16-4-4 MLFF-BP neural networks model was tested by comparison with the actual data in 2001 and 2002. This research illustrated that the artificial neural networks was simple and could practically be applied to the multireservoir water allocation

Greening consumption at the retail outlet: the case of the Thai appliance industry

Over the decades, the Thai appliance industry has developed into a strong and export-oriented industry with rigorous strategies to improve the environmental performance of products and production. Leading producers have recently begun to develop greening strategies targeting the consumption behavior of consumers, materialized through the provision of green appliances, environmental information, and sustainable images and storylines. However, communication regarding green provision in the retail setting has been found to be passive and to not correspond with the orientation of Thai consumers. Consequently, it has been found to be difficult to empower and activate citizen-consumers to buy more sustainable appliances. For this situation to change, green communication strategies of providers must become more proactive by adopting environmental labels to discern green appliances from general appliances and by improving the environmental content of communications in a way that (re)establishes stagnant or even absent consumer trust in green providers

Transformation of the dairy industry toward sustainability : The case of the organic dairy industries in the Netherlands and Thailand

After decades of promoting organic agriculture, organic dairy production and consumption have been widely embraced by industrialized countries and have recently emerged in newly industrialized countries, although they take different shapes in different countries. In this article, the development of organic dairy production and consumption in the Netherlands and Thailand are compared. We describe the different development pathways of the organic dairy sectors in these countries, highlighting the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of companies and the influence of economic, policy, and societal networks. It is shown that the Dutch societal network has been particularly influential in advancing organic dairy development, but such a network is almost absent in Thailand. In addition, the breakthrough of organic dairy products in the Netherlands resulted from the collaboration of economic, governmental, and societal actors, whereas such collaboration is not yet well developed in Thailand. The key factors for further development of the organic dairy industry are the expansion of CSR strategies of dairy processors on the one hand, and the linkage between CSR strategies, civil society initiatives, and governmental supports on the other hand.</p

Companies in search of the green consumer : Sustainable consumption and production strategies of companies and intermediary organizations in Thailand

Over the past two decades, Thailand, as an emerging economy, has developed sustainable consumption and production (SCP) policies and strategies to a considerable extent. While the first phase of SCP policy development has primarily focused on upstream actors and production processes, the second phase has extended company SCP policies and strategies to downstream actors and consumption processes. Through a desk study and interviews, we examine how appliance and dairy companies in Thailand have been involved in the shift from sustainable production to (also) sustainable consumption, from upstream to (also) downstream orientations, and from green supply to (also) green demand. Our analysis shows that carefully framing the role of citizen-consumers as change agents is required for the successful enrollment of Thai consumers in emerging markets for sustainable products and services. In making the shift towards consumers, companies can be assisted by so-called intermediary organizations that claim to hold specific knowledge on and access to Thai consumers.</p

Greening consumption at the retail outlet: the case of the Thai appliance industry

Over the decades, the Thai appliance industry has developed into a strong and export-oriented industry with rigorous strategies to improve the environmental performance of products and production. Leading producers have recently begun to develop greening strategies targeting the consumption behavior of consumers, materialized through the provision of green appliances, environmental information, and sustainable images and storylines. However, communication regarding green provision in the retail setting has been found to be passive and to not correspond with the orientation of Thai consumers. Consequently, it has been found to be difficult to empower and activate citizen-consumers to buy more sustainable appliances. For this situation to change, green communication strategies of providers must become more proactive by adopting environmental labels to discern green appliances from general appliances and by improving the environmental content of communications in a way that (re)establishes stagnant or even absent consumer trust in green providers

Companies in search of the green consumer : Sustainable consumption and production strategies of companies and intermediary organizations in Thailand

Over the past two decades, Thailand, as an emerging economy, has developed sustainable consumption and production (SCP) policies and strategies to a considerable extent. While the first phase of SCP policy development has primarily focused on upstream actors and production processes, the second phase has extended company SCP policies and strategies to downstream actors and consumption processes. Through a desk study and interviews, we examine how appliance and dairy companies in Thailand have been involved in the shift from sustainable production to (also) sustainable consumption, from upstream to (also) downstream orientations, and from green supply to (also) green demand. Our analysis shows that carefully framing the role of citizen-consumers as change agents is required for the successful enrollment of Thai consumers in emerging markets for sustainable products and services. In making the shift towards consumers, companies can be assisted by so-called intermediary organizations that claim to hold specific knowledge on and access to Thai consumers