SLSU Launches LIMPYO SLSU to Advance Zero-Waste and Green Campus Operations
Southern Leyte State University formally launches LIMPYO SLSU: Learning and Implementing Models for Practical Zero-Waste Yield and Operations on June 29, 2026, at the University Library Mini-Theater, SLSU–Sogod Campus, gathering General Services personnel and campus representatives from across the University’s six campuses to strengthen practical, campus-based zero-waste actions.
LIMPYO SLSU is a University-wide sustainability initiative designed to translate international learning into concrete institutional action. The program is conceptualized as part of the re-entry plan following the official foreign travel of Dr. Francis Ann R. Sy, Vice President for Research, Innovation, Publication, and Extension, and Mr. Leo A. Omamalin, Director for University Planning and Development and Supervising Administrative Officer for Administration, to Thailand on March 15–21, 2026, for the International Collaboration and Regional Exposure Visit on Smart Cities and Sustainable Communities under EVCIEERED. One of the major learning areas from the exposure visit is the Chula Zero Waste Initiative of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, which presents a practical model of sustainable waste management in a university setting.
In his welcome message, University President Dr. Jude A. Duarte emphasizes that the launching of LIMPYO SLSU reflects the University’s continuing commitment to responsible, sustainable, and values-driven campus governance. He underscores that building a green university is not only about infrastructure or policy, but also about the daily discipline and shared responsibility of every member of the academic community. He further recognizes the General Services personnel as essential partners in keeping the University clean, safe, functional, and environmentally responsible.
Inspired by the Chula Zero Waste model, LIMPYO SLSU recognizes the university as a “Sustainable Campus: Living Lab,” where sustainability is learned not only inside classrooms but also through daily operations. The activity highlights practical strategies such as waste reduction, segregation, recycling, composting, energy recovery, green facilities, community engagement, water dispensers for plastic bottle reduction, closed-loop waste management, and green nudges that encourage responsible behavior.
The initiative aims to capacitate General Services personnel from the six campuses of the University – Sogod, Maasin City, Tomas Oppus, Bontoc, San Juan, and Hinunangan – on sustainable waste management, waste reduction, proper waste segregation, green operations, resource conservation, and circular economy practices. It recognizes the vital role of utility workers, plumbers, carpenters, drivers, electricians, air-conditioning technicians, and other operations personnel as frontline implementers of campus sustainability.
The program features the official launching of the LIMPYO SLSU Zero-Waste Initiative, followed by the context setting on the Thailand exposure visit and re-entry plan implementation delivered by Dr. Sy. Mr. Omamalin leads the session on the Chula Zero Waste Initiative as a Sustainable Campus Model, as well as the session on Practical Zero-Waste Operations for SLSU General Services Personnel. Participants are guided to identify campus-level LIMPYO action points that may be implemented in their respective campuses to improve waste segregation, reduce single-use plastics, support recycling and composting, conserve resources, and maintain cleaner common areas.
A key highlight of the event is the Signing of the Institutional Zero-Waste Commitment Statement, through which SLSU officials, personnel, and community members affirm their collective commitment to institutionalize LIMPYO SLSU as a University-wide initiative that transforms sustainability learning into practical zero-waste actions. The commitment emphasizes the principles of reducing waste generation, reusing available resources, recycling and segregating properly, recovering value from waste, regenerating and protecting the campus environment, supporting campus-level innovation, strengthening accountability, and promoting a culture of environmental responsibility.
The participants also recite the LIMPYO SLSU Zero-Waste Pledge, affirming their shared responsibility to reduce waste, reuse resources, recycle properly, recover value from waste, conserve water and energy, and support zero-waste practices across all six campuses. The pledge concludes with the Cebuano declaration: “Para sa limpyo, lunhaw, ug malungtarong Southern Leyte State University, kami mopasalig, kami motuman, ug kami molihok.”
LIMPYO SLSU also complements the broader circular economy direction of the University through USWAG SLSU, or the University Solid Waste Action Gameplan, which envisions Southern Leyte State University as a Smart, Green, and Zero-Waste University. Under this direction, waste is not treated merely as something to be disposed of, but as a material that may still have life, use, or value through reduction, reuse, repair, recycling, composting, recovery, and responsible disposal.
The initiative is expected to generate campus-level action points, documented zero-waste commitments, innovation concept proposals, progress videos, accomplishment videos, and the eventual recognition of a LIMPYO SLSU Zero-Waste Champion Campus. As a continuing component of the program, the upcoming LIMPYO SLSU Zero-Waste Innovation Challenge 1.0 encourages campuses to develop and implement practical, innovative, and sustainable solutions to waste management concerns in their respective areas.
The activity concludes with a message from Dr. Christine Alma Mae M. Daguplo, Vice President for Administration and Finance, who underscores the importance of shared responsibility, discipline, and sustained action in building safer, cleaner, and more sustainable campus environments.
Through LIMPYO SLSU, Southern Leyte State University affirms that sustainability is not only a policy, a program, or a compliance requirement, but a daily discipline and shared institutional value. For a clean, green, circular, and sustainable SLSU, LIMPYO SLSU begins with learning, continues through commitment, and succeeds through collective action.