Household Waste Utilization With Eco-Enzyme Training

. Waste is an invaluable or worthless object that exists around the community. Waste is a very serious problem and is also a social, economic, and cultural problem. Daily household waste is inevitable, but there is no serious management of this waste, especially for organic waste. For this reason, it is necessary to handle organic waste by turning waste into more useful products, namely making eco-enzymes. The purpose of this activity is to increase knowledge and skills about eco-enzymes. This activity was carried out at the Aisyiyah Tarubasan Branch in Karanganom, Klaten with 40 members. The implementation of this service activity was carried out through 2 (two) activities, namely: 1) providing education to members of the Aisyiyah Tarubasan Branch about managing organic waste with eco-enzymes; 2) holding training on the utilization of organic waste in the form of fruit peels, fruit pieces, vegetable pieces into the eco-enzymes.


Introduction
Waste is an invaluable or worthless object that is around the community environment.In Indonesia, we can see waste everywhere and it is now a big problem that can damage the environment (Rasidi, Istiningsih, & Pinilih, 2020).Waste is a very serious problem and is also a social, economic, and cultural problem.Almost all regions in Indonesia experience problems in processing waste.This happens because the processing of TPA (landfills) in an area still needs more land so many people throw garbage in the river.Consequently, cleanliness and marine ecosystems will be damaged.
Waste is a leftover item that is no longer useful and must be disposed of.Waste is a "hidden pearl" that will shine or be useful if managed properly (Arsanti & Giyarsih, 2012).The increasing welfare of society and the progress of human civilization have been followed by an increasingly consumptive lifestyle (Anhar, Biologi, & Unp, 2013).The needs of human life are increasingly diverse and people are becoming consumptive.The culture of this consumptive society tends to exploit natural resources while reducing the quality of the environment, which is caused by an increase in solid waste (garbage), liquid, and gas (Ramadhan, 2016).
Indonesia is included in the top 10 countries with the largest population in the world.This does not rule out the possibility of causing several further problems, including waste production and disposal.Based on data from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), waste in Indonesia in 2019 is expected to reach 64 million tonnes.In addition, Indonesia's largest contributor to waste accumulation is household waste (62%) where the main composition of household waste is food waste/food processing waste commonly referred to as organic waste (44%) (Arsanti & Giyarsih, 2012).Household waste management has not been carried out optimally (A.Fitria & D. U. Wahyuni, 2021).It is still mixed disposal for various kinds of waste.Household waste needs to be separated, which is categorized as organic waste that can be composted while inorganic household waste can be recycled and can be used as economically valuable materials (Jumar, Fitriyah, & Kalalinggi, 2014).These organic materials from organic waste have not been managed and utilized optimally by the community.Whereas, organic materials from organic waste have great potential to be reused into useful goods and can have considerable economic value.In fact, in rural areas, organic waste is widely utilized by residents.Generally, they dispose of organic waste on a plantation or agricultural land to be used as a natural fertilizer.But commonly, they have not processed the organic waste effectively and continuously.If organic waste is only spread on agricultural land without any prior processing, the nutrients in the waste cannot be absorbed optimally by plants.Therefore, there is a need for proper management efforts so that organic waste can become something that is produced, is useful, and has economic value.Organic waste can be processed into organic fertilizer, biogas, charcoal briquettes, fish/livestock feed, handicrafts, and eco-enzyme.Eco-enzyme is an environmentally friendly product that is easily made by anyone.It only requires water, sugar as a carbon source, and organic vegetable and fruit waste.Eco-enzyme is the final result of fermentation of organic waste from household activities, coconut sugar or palm sugar and water in a ratio of 3:1.It becomes the alternative to the utilization of organic waste into a product with high economic value and beneficial value (Marmi, Sunaryo, & Chamidah, 2022).
Waste management in Tarubasan Village has not been running optimally.So far, the community has thrown garbage into the river or around the ditch and several households solve the waste problem by burning it.The waste management program has been started at the Tarubasan village level, but there has been no socialization to the hamlets of the Tarubasan village area.In 2018, there was an initiative to overcome the waste problem with a waste sorting program.The waste is sorted into organic and inorganic waste.According to Lestari & Nugrahati's research (2018), inorganic waste is waste consisting of inorganic materials, such as plastic, metal, glass, and cans, while organic waste is a type of waste that can decompose by itself, examples of organic waste are vegetables, leftover rice, fruit, leaves, and others.but the program has not been able to be implemented due to the lack of socialization and education in the community about waste management.In 2019, a waste bank was formed as a forum for the waste sorting process.
The target in this community service is mothers who are members of the Aisyiyah Tarubasan Branch, Karanganom Klaten.Women can be agents of change in environmental management in urban and rural areas, and even be part of resolving environmental conflicts (Asteria & Heruman, 2016).Aisyiyah, whose members consist of housewives, certainly cannot escape the problem of household waste.Some of Aisyiyah's members are housewives, meaning that Aisyiyah's women play a role as women who are heavily involved in household affairs such as cooking, washing, and taking care of other household chores.Cooking is a routine activity for Aisyiyah's mothers so almost every day produces household waste that can be managed properly.This household waste piles up and will become a problem.In solving the above problems, a Community Empowerment Strategy is needed in the form of community education actions in waste management.Waste by its nature is divided into organic waste and inorganic waste.Inorganic waste consists of synthetic materials that are difficult or cannot be degraded by microbes.It is usually processed by recycling.Meanwhile, organic waste is waste that contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.This type of waste is easily decomposed or degraded by microorganisms.Organic waste processing is usually done by making compost for organic fertilizer.A more effective management of organic waste is by making it into eco-enzyme.Eco-enzyme is the result of research discovered by Dr. Rasukon Poompanvong from Thailand more than 30 years ago.Dr. Rasukon actively researched how to process useless kitchen scraps/organic waste into very useful and environmentally friendly enzymes.Eco-enzyme is a complex solution produced by fermenting fresh organic waste (fresh fruits and vegetables), brown sugar or molasses, and water.

Methodology
This service activity was carried out using several methods, namely lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and practices.The activity begins with 1) educating and socializing the technology and use of eco-enzymes, and 2) demonstrating and practicing how to make ecoenzymes technology applications participants.Evaluation of activities is carried out on the process and product of activities.The process evaluation was carried out on the following variables: Participant attendance, community enthusiasm for the activity, and community response to the implementation of the activity.Participant attendance was measured by activity attendance, then expressed in the form of a percentage of participant attendance.The spirit/enthusiasm of the participants' success in participating in the activity was measured during the activity by filling in pre and post-tests to find out whether the method used could increase knowledge and skills in making eco-enzymes.The evaluation of eco-enzyme products produced by the community was carried out on several parameters and the results were compared with eco-enzyme products that have been made by the Eco Enzyme Nusantara Community Good Eco Enzyme products have characteristics of a distinctive smell with a slight aroma of alcohol, brownish liquid color, acidic pH, and are not overgrown with fungi or maggots.
The extension activities aimed at increasing the understanding, insight, and awareness of the community about the utilization of household waste into Eco-Enzyme and also the practice of making it.Training is conducted for activities that are accompanied by demonstrations or pilots for realization.The training here is about vegetable cultivation using polybags.This community service program was carried out through several stages of activities, namely coordination, counseling, training, and vegetable cultivation practice, as well as training in the design and packaging of harvested vegetable products (Figure 1).This section contains how research steps were arranged to meet the research objectives.

Coordination
Coordination was carried out before implementation in the field, both internally and externally.Internal coordination was carried out between the Implementation Team and the Implementation Helpers, namely students, to prepare activity plans, while external coordination was carried out between the Implementation Team and Aisyiyah Ranting Tarubasan Karanganom as partners.In external coordination, various things were agreed

Monitoring
& Evaluation upon, including the form of activities, the number of participants, the time of activities, and the responsibilities of each party.

Counseling
Counseling or discussion on menopausal symptoms in old age with yard management.Participants followed it enthusiastically and interactively.

a. Eco-enzyme counsel]ing
The counseling activity was attended by 45 members of Aisyiyah Tarubasan Karanganom Klaten.Counseling material about the meaning of eco-enzyme, the benefits, and how to make eco-enzyme.Before this activity began, a pretest was conducted to determine the level of knowledge of the participants before being given counseling.Participants were very enthusiastic about participating in this activity because the ecoenzymes made from fruit waste/household waste can be useful for household facilities.After the counseling, the participants filled out a post-test aiming to find out the counseling could improve their knowledge about eco-enzymes.(Figure 2).

Eco-enzyme Preparation Training
After counseling, there was an introduction, benefits, and how to make eco-enzymes followed by the practice of making eco-enzymes.In this activity (the practice of making ecoenzymes), each participant received a 5-liter bucket of airtight water, molasses, and organic waste fruit.The eco-enzyme that was practiced was derived from discarded fruits and fruit peels consisting of various fruits, namely oranges, limes, dragon fruit, apples, melons, rambutan, and watermelon.Participants were very enthusiastic about carrying out this practice, all made their own and after completion, stickers were attached containing the name, date of manufacture, and the harvest date (Figure 3).

Evaluation
The evaluation was carried out to determine the increase in knowledge and skills of partners, among others by conducting pre and post-tests of the material provided.The results of the analysis of the 10 questions given showed that there was an increase in knowledge and skills before and after the material was given.The increase was 19%, the small increase was because several participants were PKK administrators at the village level who had already attended counseling on eco-enzymes.However, the training participants were still enthusiastic, as evidenced by the fact that before the material was given, there were 9% who answered 9 and 10, but after the counseling and training, the number reached 51% (Figure 5).The research results are displayed in the form of graphs or tables.Apart from the evaluation using pre and post-tests, the activities went smoothly.The motivation and enthusiasm of the members of Aisyiyah Tarubasan were extraordinary.This activity is expected to be useful for the management of organic household waste as a liquid that can be used for personal hygiene as well as home and the environment.

Conclusion
Community service activities run smoothly and the partners play an active role in every activity.The community service program can increase the knowledge about the benefits of eco-enzymes and improve skills on how to make eco-enzymes by 19%.Although the knowledge and skills of program participants have increased, to ensure the sustainability of the program, continuous assistance is crucial to carry out so that it can be transmitted to the surrounding community.

Figure 1 .
Figure 1.Stages of the Community Service Programme.

Figure 3 .
Figure 3.The practice of making eco-enzymes.

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Figure 4. Percentage of Correct Answers about Eco Enzyme before and after counseling and training