Memanfaatkan sampah daur ulang (plastik) sebagai wadah tanam,recycled waste (plastic) as a planting container

Abstract

Government policies that apply social movement movements to break the chain of spreading the spread of covid-19 have a negative impact on businesses in various sectors that are facing the economy, millions of workers are vulnerable to losing their jobs and experiencing layoffs. Meanwhile, the consumption of single-use plastic waste in the community has increased sharply. At youth this is an excuse not to be productive. During the Covid-19 pandemic, people were more creative in innovating so that there were many opportunities to improve the community's economy. One of the opportunities comes from waste, although using plastic as a basic material, plastic waste recycling creations can be made into handicrafts such as decorative plant pots, shopping bags, wallets, etc. So, not only saving the environment. Waste as a creative product, the creation of plastic waste that has high economic value and can improve the economic situation in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The activity of recycling plastic waste as plant pots is carried out on Sundays, January 31, 2021, 09.00-12.30 at the Secretariat of the Youth Organization, Kemuning Village, RT.17 RW.04 Banjarbaru Selatan. The targets of this event are children and adolescents. From this activity it can become one of the community empowerment movements and expand employment opportunities and open the possibility of increasing the welfare of the community in the Village of Kemuning RT.17 RW.04 during the covid-19 pandemic.