Pemberdayaan Anggota ‘Aisyiyah Se-Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Dalam Pengolahan Diaper Bekas Sebagai Campuran Media Tanam

Abstract

Ratusan diaper atau popok sekali pakai bekas memenuhi sungai-sungai yang melintasi Provinsi DI. Yogyakarta (Tribun Jogya, 2018). Permasalahan tersebut memerlukan penyelesaian bersama dimulai dari sumber sampah di tingkat rumah tangga. Tujuan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah memberikan edukasi dan pelatihan kepada anggota Aisyiyah DI.Yogyakarta dalam mengelola diaper bekas menjadi bahan campuran media tanam. Kegiatan ini diikuti oleh 25 orang pengurus Lembaga Lingkungan Hidup dan Penanggulangan Bencana (LLHPB) Aisyiyah dimana sebagian besar peserta adalah pengurus bank sampah yang tersebar di Provinsi DIY dan belum pernah mendapatkan pelatihan serupa. Hasil kegiatan ini adalah terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan dan keterampilan dari peserta dalam mengelola diaper bekas menjadi campuran media tanam untuk pertumbuhan tanaman tomat. Melalui pelatihan ini peserta yang sebagian besar pengurus bank sampah dapat saling mengajarkan kepada warga RW atau warga desa binaannya di area DIY sehingga jumlah sampah diaper di sungai-sungai dapat berkurang dan langsung terolah di tingkat rumah tangga.
 Kata kunci: Diaper, Hidrogel, Media tanam
 ABSTRACT
 Hundreds of used disposable diapers are wasted in rivers that pass through the DI. Yogyakarta Province (Tribun Jogya, 2018). This problem has to be solved together starting from the source of waste, which is household level. The aim of community service activity is to provide education and training to members of Aisyiyahin DI.Yogyakarta managing used disposable diaper as a mixture of planting media. This activity was attended by 25 members of Lembaga Lingkungan Hidup dan Penanggulangan Bencana (LLHPB) ‘AisyiyahDI. Yogyakarta, where most of the participants were Bank Sampah administrators and had never received similar training. After this training was completed, there was an increase in knowledge and skills of the participants for manage hydrogel became mixed-planting media to growup Tomato plants. Through this training, participants who are mostly Bank Sampahadministrators can interact with local residents or their target’s villager to make the amount of diaper waste in the DIY’s river can be reduced and immediately processed at the household level.
 Keywords: Diapers, Hydrogel, Planting media

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