APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TO OVERCOME ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WASTE TO SUPPORT A GREEN ECONOMY IN THE ASOKA PKK IN TANGERANG CITY

Abstract

PKK Asoka, located at Jalan Karyawan 3, RT 002, RW 09, Karang Tengah District, Cileduk Tangerang, complained that in their environment there was a lot of organic waste from cooking leftovers in the form of vegetables and fruit peels, as well as plastic waste that piled up, so that the environment became dirty and smelled bad which could cause many diseases. The problem was they did not have knowledge of organic and non-organic waste management and did not have the facilities for its management. The PKM UBL Team conducted observations and planning to provide character building for the PKK Asoka team in the application of appropriate technology, to overcome waste, so that they could support the Green Economy in the environment. The result of this PKM activity was, the community learned about the importance of managing waste, through technological processing, using a composter tool, where this organic waste is processed by fermentation to produce liquid fertilizer. Inorganic waste can be recycled into valuable and useful items such as wallets, trash cans that can be sold, so that the income of the PKK Asoka Management increased. They were able to record waste processing results, for sales and purchase processes, and understand how to prepare financial reports. They received training on recording financial transactions and sales techniques, using smart financial application software provided by the Budi Luhur University Student Creativity Program (PKM) team. The output of this PKM program was publications at international seminars and intellectual property rights (IPR).