The waste that becomes a problem for the environment can also have economic value provided well managed. This belief in the residents of Muria Indah Housing, Gondangmanis Village, Bae, Holy, Central Java, under the Muria Indah Go Green team (MI2G) with the ambasador of the Climate Village Kreasi. Garbage is sucked into a variety of eco-value crafts such as bags, carnival shirts, plastic mats, cups and flower pots, wallets to different kinds of souvenirs.
The movement begins the anxiety of the citizens related to the garbage that the production of the shredding is especially platic garbage. So they are accredited to set up the Muria Berseri Waste Bank in 2012. A variety of activities is held through the trash bank, for example education to the community to sort the garbage according to the type. During the time, the mothers of the members of the Family's Welfare Empowerment (PKK) then formed the Climate Village Kreasi that lives the environmental enthusiasts with the main activity of processing waste into craft goods.
The craft making process begins by taking the trash of the Berseri Muria Trash Bank that has been sorted according to the type. Then the garbage is washed, crafted, patterned, sewn, colored and become a form so craft goods.
The mothers of the neighborhood weighing garbage in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
There are the people who weigh the waste in Gondangmanis Village, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
They utilize social media to market the various cities in Indonesia such as in Java Island and Sumatra Island at selling prices ranging from Rp10 thousand to Rp2,5 million depending on the type of craft and difficulty level.
All the positive activities of the mothers become a real example of the active role of citizens in managing waste. In addition to the role of maintaining the environmental conservation of the trash threats is mainly plastic, the mother can also repeat the Rupiah economy that helps the economy of its members.
Photo and text : Joseph Nugroho
There are the people of the environment of divine waste in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
There are the people of the environment of washing plastic trash that become the raw material of crafts in Gondangmanis Village, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
The people of the environmental enthusiasts show the data of craft orders in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
Ibu-ibu of the environment coloring craft goods in Gondangmanis Village, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
The people of the mother of the environment complete the manufacturing of plastic waste crafts in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
Ibu-ibu of the environment complete the manufacturing of crafts raw plastic waste in Gondangmanis Village, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
The people of the mother of the environment complete the manufacturing of plastic waste crafts in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
The people of the mother of the environment complete the manufacturing of plastic waste crafts in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
The people of the mother of the environment complete the manufacturing of plastic waste crafts in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
The people of the mothers of the environment complete the manufacturing of crafts made by waste in the village of Gondangmanis, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
Contoh aneka craft bags processed from waste raw materials in Gondangmanis Village, Bae, Holy, Central Java.
Editor : Danika Wahyu
