Optimalisasi Peran Karang Taruna Dalam Pengelolaan Sampah Plastik Di Tempat Pembuangan Akhir
Abstract
ABSTRAK: Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat terintegrasi ini untuk mengoptimalisasikan nilai guna sampah khususnya sampah plastic menjadi barang yang berguna dan bernilai ekonomi dengan optimalisasi peran karang taruna sehingga memberikan manfaat bagi masyarakat sekitar TPA Karya Jaya kota Palembang Sumatera Selatan. Tujuan dan manfaat kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat terintegrasi ini untuk: 1). Meningkatkan sinergitas antara pengajaran matakuliah Praktik Pemberdayaan Masyarakat dan salah satu kegiatan tri dharma perguruan tinggi yakni pengabdian masyarakat. 2). Memberikan pendampingan kepada karang taruna di kelurahan Karya Jaya dalam pengolahan sampah plastik agar memiliki nilai ekonomis, ekologis dan sosiologis. Kegiatan ini dilakukan menggunakan metode pendampingan, pemberian pengetahuan melalui ceramah dan Focus Group Discussion (FGD) untuk menemu kenali problem ekologi berkaitan dengan sampah plastik yang susah terurai. Hasil kegiatan ini berupa pemberian pengetahuan dan ketrampilan mengolah sampah plastic menjadi barang bernilai ekonomis, ekologis dan sosiologis melalui pelatihan hard skill membuat kerajinan berbahan dasar sampah plastik. Kata Kunci: sampah plastic, karangtaruna, tempat pembuangan akhir, pengabdian masyarakat ABSTRACT: This integrated community service activity is to optimize the use value of waste, especially plastic waste into useful items and have economic value by optimizing the role of youth organizations so as to provide benefits to the community around the Karya Jaya TPA, Palembang, South Sumatra. The objectives and benefits of this integrated community service activity are to: 1). increase the synergy between the teaching of Community Empowerment Practice courses and one of the university's tri dharma activities, namely community service. 2). provide assistance to youth organizations in the Karya Jaya village in processing plastic waste so that it has economic, ecological and sociological value. This activity was carried out using mentoring methods, providing knowledge through lectures and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) to identify ecological problems related to plastic waste that is difficult to decompose. The results of this activity are in the form of providing knowledge and skills to process plastic waste into items of economic, ecological and sociological value through hard skill training to make crafts made from plastic waste. Key words: plastic waste, youth organization, community services
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