The Daarul Uluum Islamic Boarding School Introduction Period (Mapenpo) will take place from 15 to 17 July 2023. Rekam Nusantara, the Bogor City Ciliwung Naturalization Task Force, the Bantar Kemang TPST Team and WWF Indonesia provided education regarding waste to new students, Sunday (16/7/23 ).
The second year of Plastic Smart Cities collaboration in Bogor City, Rekam Nusantara carried out campaign and educational activities with the Daarul Uluum Islamic Boarding School. The aim is to remind people of the implementation of Plastic Smart Cities in Bogor City, provide an overview of protecting the river environment, waste and plastic, remind them again about the introduction of waste to waste sorting and provide an understanding of waste sorting.
Several demonstration materials regarding types of organic and inorganic waste have been provided for viewing by dozens of new students who gathered in the Daarul Uluum Islamic Boarding School hall in the Bantar Kemang area, Baranangsiang, Bogor City.
The material presented is related to issues related to waste. Not only providing material, but there is also a question and answer session about waste and active students will receive merchandise from Rekam Nusantara and WWF.
"What is organic waste and what is inorganic waste?" asked MC.
Silvia Macpal class 12 Acceleration answered "Inorganic waste is waste that cannot be recycled, such as plastic, cloth and others, but organic waste is waste that can be recycled, for example food scraps, wood and paper."
Organic waste can decompose in nature, while inorganic waste is difficult to decompose by nature but can be recycled with the help of technology. Apart from providing material, films were also shown to clarify the students' understanding of waste.
"What is rubbish?" asked MC
"Trash is goods or things that are no longer used or are no longer used," answered Reza Pahlevi, class 10 Acceleration.
Questions were not only asked by the MC, but WWF and the Task Force also asked questions to the students.
The students were very enthusiastic in answering the questions given. This atmosphere makes the event even more exciting and enjoyable.
The first material was filled by Saipul Siagian from the World Wide Fund for Nature, which is a world forum for saving animals. WWF's first world program was Indonesia. A country that is truly threatened with extinction of the Javan rhino. The population decreases in a year by around 600 individuals. WWF came to Indonesia to save the Javan rhino. Extinction often occurs due to hunting, loss of the Javan rhino's home, such as forests, and human behavior.
Microplastics in the sea are caused by plastic that is buried in the ground or on the banks of rivers, on beaches, in the middle of the ocean which is exposed to the heat of the sun and eventually breaks down. The fragments become microplastic granules or sheets.
The microplastics are eaten by fish, and the fish are eaten by humans. This means that if humans don't save their rivers and seas, humans will enjoy fish that contain microplastics. Therefore, WWF took the initiative to manage plastic waste smarter.
The program was directed by the Bogor Government, Bima Arya Sugiarto. Finally, Bogor became the first city to support Plastic Smart Cities, which is part of the smart waste management initiative in every city in the world. Bogor will manage plastic waste properly and correctly, not throw any more rubbish into rivers so that it doesn't impact humans.
"How long does it take for plastic waste to decompose?" asked Saipul from WWF.
Rafi Fauzan class 7 Regular answered, "450 years". In fact, plastic takes more than 400 years to decompose.
The next material was provided by Suparno from the Ciliwung Naturalization Task Force, Bogor City, who provided examples of waste originating from food waste. Shows biodegradable bamboo food skewers. The rubbish around us is residual waste that cannot be handled but can be cleaned.
The waste that is sorted should not contain water, so that it can be reprocessed into fuel. When we buy snacks, the plastic we eat will become waste and will be wasted if we don't clean it because it can be used as fuel using tools. The city of Bogor will have this tool.
"What's the point of sorting waste?" asked Suparno from the Task Force.
"To make it easier to recycle waste," said Ghomedi Mahendra Yusuf 12 Acceleration.
After all the activities are finished, it's time to distribute merchandise to the students who actively take part in the Mapenpo event.
Siti Azizah, one of the Daarul Uluum Santri Association, admitted that this event had many benefits for the students to differentiate organic waste from inorganic waste.
"The children are diligent in throwing rubbish into the trash and hope to make this Islamic boarding school cleaner, more beautiful and more comfortable," he said.

Siti Azizah added, "Hopefully this PSC will be more advanced in the future, provide more benefits for everyone and come here more often."
Ustad Wahyu hopes that this event can change the way children think about waste and how they keep the waste they consume clean.
"Hopefully with this activity they will be able to realize that this waste is not just ordinary waste, but can be reprocessed. "They can think that this waste can still be processed, refurbished, shaped or made into displays," he concluded.***