The waste of convection industry production results is often considered to be a problem. But in the hands of Lily Handayani, the owner of UMKM Safina Quilt in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, the usual waste called the perca fabric is able to be sucked into economic value items. The remaining trash of unused clothing seams proved to generate Rupiah and become the source of family income.
When encountered in her house, Lily looks busy with sewing tools as well as waste fabrics. He recycles a perca fabric in such a way to produce a variety of crafts. All the recycling process is doing a self, starting from the selection of perca fabric materials to form it into various items such as bags, wallets, dolls and various other souvenirs.
At the time of the COVID-19 pandemi, Lily’s effort became one of the very affected. The sales of craft products decreases up to 75 percent. The bright point came when he became joining the UMKM of Pertamina. Lily get training, funding, digital education to marketing so that the product remains absorbed even down due to the pandemi. According to him, Pertamina helps to lift Safina Quilt’s business profile so that more people are known.
Sewing carries the remaining unused fabric for recycled at UMKM Safina Quilt.
Sewing shows the remaining unused fabrics for recycled at UMKM Safina Quilt, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
"So I was assisted once from the promotion, so that the product I made a lot of sale, both from online sales or offline," said Lily.
Through the National Movement of Indonesia-made BBI Kalimantan (BBI) East Kalimantan, which is also located in the SMEXPO 2021 SMEXPO UMKM exhibition, it is expected to make the UMKM products of Pertamina’s construction become better known as the large community. SMEXPO 2021’s career is assessed not only helps UMKM in terms of maintaining effort, but also to survive and improve the skills of the bina partners to be able to Go Global.
Photo and text : Yulius Satria Wijaya
Lily Handayani sorts a decent perca fabric to recycle in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
Perca fabric and ready-to-recycled material UMKM Safina Quilt, Balikpapan, Kaltim.
Lily Handayani sewing fabric perca at UMKM Safina Quilt, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
Process sewing fabric perca at UMKM Safina Quilt, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
Recycle craft manufacturing process at UMKM Safina Quilt, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
The number of Safina Quilt recycled perca fabric craft products.
Lily Handayani exhibited a recycled craft during the Indonesian Artificial Bangga National Movement exhibition (BBI Office) and Pertamina SMEXPO 2021 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan.
Products recycled fabric Perca Safina Quilt on page www.smexpo.pertamina.com.
Editor : Prasetyo Utomo
