Year: 2024 | Faculty: FEB
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Source metadata: PKM: Zero Waste Strategy of the Community-Based Waste Management: A Case Study of Parongpong Recycle and Waste Lab, West Java | Tim: Herbert W. V. Hasudungan, Safiullah Junejo, Sulthonul Aulia
Zero waste becomes persuasive when communities can see how it works in practice. UIII’s community engagement project on the Parongpong Recycle and Waste Lab in West Java treated the site as a living case study of community-based waste management. The activity showed how environmental change can grow from education, discipline, local leadership, and a system that makes participation possible.
The Faculty of Economics and Business team examined how Parongpong’s experience can inform broader efforts to reduce waste. Community-based systems are important because waste is produced at the household and neighborhood level. Without public participation, technical facilities alone cannot solve the problem. The project therefore focused on the social and economic design behind a zero waste strategy.
The activity opened questions that are relevant for many communities: how residents learn to sort waste, how recyclable materials are processed, how education is delivered, and how a model can be replicated while respecting local conditions. Such questions help move the zero waste idea from slogan to operational practice.
For UIII, this project connects sustainability with applied learning. The university is not only observing a successful local initiative, but also translating that experience into knowledge that can be shared with other communities, schools, pesantren, and local governments.
A feature article can present Parongpong as a classroom for sustainable living. Photographs of waste sorting, recycling processes, and community learning would make the story more vivid. Before publication, the team should add field data, partner quotations, and concrete lessons learned. The central message is that zero waste is possible when communities are treated as active designers of environmental change.
A feature article can highlight the energy of the training room, the diversity of participants, and the way the program prepared future facilitators. It should be completed with information on training modules, dates, number of participants, and follow-up activities. The core message is that strong community engagement begins with people who know how to learn with communities, not merely speak to them.
