Utilization of Plastic Waste in Namo Bintang Village
of Deli Serdang Regency
Riyanto Sinaga
1*
, Mayang Sari Yeanny
1
, and Masitta Tanjung
2
1
Departement of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. Bioteknologi No.1
2
Padang Bulan, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia 20155, Telephone [phone]; Fax 062-61-
Keywords: Utilization, Waste, Plastics, Village of Namo Bintang.
Abstract: The purpose of this community service is to utilize plastic waste in Namo Bintang Village. The special target
of this community service is to convert plastic waste into a material that has economic value and reduce
environmental pollution, because plastic waste is difficult to decipher in the environment. The method used
is a combined method of counseling, training, direct practice and job evaluation. The utilization of plastic
waste includes; handicrafts from straws and plastic packaging, which results in household products such as
wall hangings, door and windows curtains, and other plastic packaging products include as souvenirs (bags,
pencil boxes and others), accessories (ring place, key chains and others) and various flowers from plastic
waste. All products which has been produced can be utilized for their own needs or can be sold according to
the needs of the Namo Bintang villagers, especially the group of Collectors of The Used Goods / Scavengers
from Area I and II of Namo Bintang Village, Deli Serdang.
1 INTRODUCTION
Plastic waste has become a material that we use every
day. Beside, being used to pack food, we also found
plastic on various electronic products that we often
use. However, although now recyclable plastics are
increasingly being used, the plastics are only
downcycled (processed into other low-quality plastic
products and ultimately cannot be recycled anymore).
Likewise, in the village of Namo Bintang, this
village is one of the villages located in the district of
Pancur Batu, Deli Serdang Regency. The village of
Namo Bintang is close to the former Landfill of
Medan Municipality located north of Namo Bintang
village and has a total area of about 25 hectares. The
distance from the settlement to the landfill area is
about 1.5 km and located on the roadside in the
direction of Pancur Batu Road. While the distance of
the Landfill to the municipality of Medan is about 17
km. Based on this condition, many people with
livelihoods as collectors of waste / scavenger for
resale to meet the needs of the village people. This
condition can be seen in the following table;
Table 1. Population Composition According to
Livelihood
No Livelihood Amount
(Family)
1. GE/Soldier/Police 65
2. Private employees 143
3.
Collector of Used Goods /
Scavengers
241
4. Farmer 256
5. Trader 67
6. Service 84
7. Retired 62
8. Labour 87
Total 1005
Source: Namo Bintang Village Data
The village of Namo Bintang is a village whose
inhabitants throw garbage in the river and burn it. The
waste often accumulates on roadsides and rivers, thus
disrupting the environment. Besides that, the waste
scattered into the paddy field area because it was
carried by the river. The garbage is piled up so that
the water flow of sewer and river are clogged. When
rainfall is high and lasts longer, it will result in
flooding.
Based on this condition, Scavengers in Area I and
II of Namo Bintang village in cooperation with the
Sinaga, R., Yeanny, M. and Tanjung, M.
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community service team to work together in order to
utilize the plastic waste into a product of economic
value. With the utilization of plastic waste, villagers
of Namo Bintang got knowledge and training of
plastic waste to increase the family economy, while
reducing environmental pollution.
The benefit of this activity is to help the villagers
of Namo Bintang in handicraft product making,
Introduce the culture of utilizing plastic waste in daily
life to reduce the family's need so that the family
economy will be better.
2 RESEARCH METHODS
2.1 Materials and Methods
The method used in this activity by way of counseling
and lecturing, explanation of the theory and technique
of utilization of plastic waste which were followed by
community groups of Scavenger and Farmer in Namo
Bintang Village. The community listened to the
material presented by the community service team.
The training was done by the Groups of Scavengers
in Area I and II of Namo Bintang Village.
Community groups are trained by the community
service team. All do this activity by proactively doing
the training to get the result of a handicraft product.
The equipment used is also simple that community
groups can make by their own-selves.
Monitoring and evaluating the success of plastic
waste utilization, monitoring work in the field will be
done by going directly to the field together,
monitoring with visits to see if the community can
already make their own handicraft products. In
addition, the relationship will be done by phone to
overcome the problems that arise.
In general, these community service activities are
successful and there is a good cooperation between
universities, especially the Implementation Team,
government apparatus and community of Scavenger
in Area I and II of Namo Bintang Village. The
villagers of Namo Bintang realized the importance of
saving the environment while improving living
standards because they can make their own handicraft
products.
The success of this community service activity
cannot be separated from the participation and
support of Village Officers such as the Chief of Namo
Bintang Village and staffs, scavengers group in Area
I and II that participate in this activity.
Overview of Plastic Waste Processing
A. Counseling
Handicraft Product Making
B. Training
Tools and Materials Preparation
Plastic Waste
1. Straws / plastic packaging into handicrafts
2. Various handicrafts from plastic
Figure 1. Overview of Plastic Waste Processing.
3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Counseling and Lecture Activities
Implementation of activities carried out by means of
counseling and lecturing, explanation of the theory
and techniques of integrated process are followed by
community groups in Namo Bintang Village, Deli
Serdang Regency. Villagers listened to the material
presented by the community service team as
presented in Figure 2
Figure 2. Theory presented by team (left) and practiced by
team and community (right).
The material presented concerning the processing
of waste into plastic handicraft products. It is
expected that community groups can reduce the cost
of household production because they can get and
produce their own handicraft products in accordance
with their needs. So community groups can save the
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environment and improve the standard living of their
families.
3.2 Training Program
The training was done by the community group in
Namo Bintang village and trained by the community
service team. All do this activity by proactively doing
the training to get the result of handicraft product
from plastic waste. Results are seen directly for the
utilization of plastic waste. Equipment for the
manufacture of plastic utilization is also very simple
so that the community groups of scavengers in area I
and II can make by their own as presented in Figure
3.
Figure 3. handicraft product from plastic waste
Plastic waste utilization activities are very
supportive because plastic waste is very much in the
village of Namo Bintang, so people are very easy to
take it for handicraft making materials. The tools used
for making the handicraft products are so simple that
the village community can make by their own. In
addition, the village can be saved from plastic waste
while the villagers are improving their living
standards because they can make handicraft products.
Figure 4. The team from USU and community after lecture
and practic
4 CONCLUSION
From the activity of the plastic waste utilization in
Namo Bintang village of Deli Serdang Regency, it
can be concluded as follows:
Utilization of plastic waste into handicraft products.
Utilization of plastic waste can provide economic and
ecological value. There is good cooperation between
USU and community in Namo Bintang village of Deli
Serdang Regency.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank to the Rector of USU for
finantial support by Mono Tahun Social Engagement
BPPTN 2018 and all participants who have helped the
implementation of this Community Service.
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