Ahmad T. Yuliansyah 1, a), Rochim B. Cahyono 1,b), and Makruf Nurudin 2,c)
1Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia ,
Jln. Grafika No.2, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
2Dept. of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia ,
Jln. Flora, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
a)Corresponding author: atawfieq@ugm.ac.id
Abstract. The big challenge in waste management in Indonesia is to change the “old” habits, wherein most of the people have an incorrect point of view to treat the waste by the “collect-transport-dump” method, without or with minimal treatment. It has been a long time ingrained and rooted in Indonesian communities. One possible effort to alter this culture is by introducing the appropriate waste management through education and habituation (acculturation) since early age. Therefore, a waste management education in the primary school is a good start to educate waste management to Indonesia generation. In this study, LHI Islamic Primary School (SDIT) was chosen as a learning partner, as well as a location for the activities. The suitability of SDIT LHI’s mission with the Education Sustainable Development Program is expected to be one of the supporting factors for the implementation of the activities. The waste management programs conducted in the school was as follows: education and workshop for the school management and teachers, integration the 4R concept in the academic curriculum, initiation of waste bank, and providing a better facility for waste management and composting unit. Through this ESD program, the school has established the waste management team consists of teacher, students and their parents. The school has also adopted the 4R concept in the academic curriculum of 1-6th class. In addition, composting unit and waste bank has been built and run.
Keywords: The 4R concept, sustainable waste management, waste management education, early age education, SDIT LHI
