ZERO WASTE LIFESTYLE IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING ON HYBRID PLATFORM TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE SOCIETY

Abstract

As of 2022, about 2.1 Billion tons of municipal solid waste globally produced in addition to 33% are unmanageable in an environmentally safe manner that potentially leads to climate change and can be seen from the piles of garbage in the open air emitting methane gas which capable to reduce the oxygen level of the earth's atmosphere. The inadequacy of providing education in order to manage waste is one of the concerns in regards to waste issues especially the household waste, as the biggest threat to the environment and also human beings. SDG 4 promotes the importance of education as a crucial component in order to improve life’s quality which includes environmental education and raising awareness through sustainable waste management practices as solutions to knock off the never-ending waste issues. Thus, Trash to Treasure is a project that is not only spread the knowledge and awareness regarding the zero waste lifestyle concept and its implementation through seminars and workshops, but also accommodate people in this case are PKK organizations or known as Pemberdayaan dan Kesejahteraan Keluarga, whose function is to plan, implement, and foster the implementation of work programs in accordance with the conditions and needs of the community as well as housewives to “learn by doing” the procedure to generate Bokashi Fertilizer out of biodegradable waste. Moreover, Trash to Treasure apprised people not to throw away their used-cooking oil through a workshop which gives them the opportunity to make laundry soap from the cooking oil they no longer use. Through these activities, people realized the importance of waste recycling to turn it into something useful. To complete the project conducted, Trash to Treasure believes that social media holds a huge amount of power in order to influence people by creating interactive and informative contents on a platform called Instagram in order to spread the zero waste lifestyle concept to any range of age and without borders. This report examines the results of the project and the impact of activities done towards the involved parties.