Tanggeran Village Community Empowerment in Sustainable Waste Management
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https://doi.org/10.65818/konektivitas.v1i1.17Keywords:
Community empowerment, Recycling, Sustainable waste management, Waste bank, Waste educationAbstract
Background: Waste management has become a critical environmental challenge in rural Indonesia due to population growth, changing consumption patterns, and limited local capacity to manage household waste sustainably. In Tanggeran Village, inadequate waste handling practices have contributed to environmental degradation and reduced public health quality. Previous studies highlight that community empowerment, supported by education and participatory training, is essential to transform waste from an environmental burden into a valuable resource.
Aims: This community service program aimed to empower residents of Tanggeran Village to adopt sustainable waste management practices through integrated education, technical training, and creative recycling activities.
Methods: The program employed a participatory approach involving initial surveys, environmental education, technical waste management training, waste bank socialization, and continuous monitoring and evaluation. Activities included composting demonstrations, recycling workshops, creative reuse initiatives, and community clean-up actions. Program effectiveness was assessed using a pretest–posttest design to measure changes in participants’ understanding.
Result: The results showed a substantial improvement in participants’ understanding of sustainable waste management, with mean scores increasing from 56.1 in the pretest to 83.8 in the posttest. Participants demonstrated enhanced awareness, practical skills, and positive attitudes toward waste sorting, recycling, and community-based waste management.
Conclusion: The program effectively translated empowerment principles into measurable environmental learning outcomes. The findings indicate strong potential for scaling community empowerment models to support sustainable waste management, environmental resilience, and socio-economic benefits in rural communities.
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