COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN ROSELA WASTE BANK DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The purpose of this activity is to improve the economy and environmental sustainability, create public awareness in waste management, namely the Rosela Waste Bank in Pangkalanjati Baru Village, Cinere District, Depok City, West Java Province. So far, the community has run a waste collection business with the Garbage Bank system obtained from waste in the environment, it has been going well, even the community in depositing waste has been segregated. The problem faced by the Rosela Garbage Bank is that human resources are inadequate to be able to manage the generation of waste generated from household waste which is getting higher with the Covid-19 pandemic, the community is more consumptive so that the generation of high waste needs the innovation that supports waste management, thereby reducing the pollution load.  The solutions for this program are (1) Creating public awareness in managing waste. (2) Instilling public awareness in managing waste. (3) Creating opportunities in waste management to increase the family economy. (4) Creating innovations that are easy to implement in managing waste. (5) Application of appropriate technology in managing sustainable waste.The program target to be achieved in this activity plan for the two partners is to increase public knowledge about waste management with the waste bank system by up to 90%. Community skills to manage waste up to 60%. The economic aspect of the community with the additional income from the waste bank is up to 40%. To ensure the success of the program, the evaluation will be carried out at every stage of program development and after the waste bank is operational, it will continue to be monitored and facilitated so that it will continue to develop through several programs that can be accessed from both internal and external communities.