Indonesia is free of plastic waste pollution through empowering women

 Indonesia is free of plastic waste pollution through empowering women

    Human is the main subject of polluting the environment, many human’s activities potentially damage the future environment. It is closely related to the ongoing increase in population data. As quoted from JPNN.com, the amount of Indonesia population along this 2020 is 268.583.016 people. This number shows increasing 0.77% from the last year with the amount of men is 135.821.768 and women is 132.761.248. Besides, there is the data that quoted from ceicdata.com, Indonesia’s consumption rate in June 2020 is 21.320 USD and the rate is up from before.

   The more people and increased consumption, there will surely be a positive and negative impact on Indonesia. The positive effect that we can feel is that economic growth be in a better direction as income increases. Beside that, we must be prepared to accept significant negative effects, which one of those is environmental health could be threatened by increased population and increased consumption levels. It would be very complex if it isn't accompanied by serious management and countermeasures. Indonesia is the second largest publicly-listed mining company, this absolutely become a warning to Indonesia to optimize the work and effort that needed to tackle crucial problems and possible impacts in the future.

    It is well known that the biggest contributor of garbage is the household garbage. Household garbage is the result of domestic activities. Women play an important role in the management of the household, and likely tomorrow's garbage heap is heavily influenced by women's role as household manager. Therefore, many research has been done to optimize the role of women in waste management. Intended management includes re-management or restriction of plastic use.

            Quoted from journal student.uny.ac.id in a study entitled "Pemberdayaan Perempuan Melalui Pengelolaan Sampah Plastik”, a study case in Sidorejo of Purworejo district stated that woman's empowerment of plastic garbage in the Sidorejo village has a positive effect on them: improving the income of the family, having free time for the mothers, and becoming more independent and making the environment be cleaner. Therefore, woman’s empowerment is one of the most effective subjects on reducing future trash cans.

 

           Woman’s Empowerment in managing plastic waste optimize the role of women in managing plastic waste. There are many ways that can be done in managing waste through empowering women. As quoted in a scientific paper compiled by Ade Setiawan Saputro entitled "Pemberdayaan Perempuan Melalui Pengelolaan dan Daur Ulang Bank Sampah", a study case in Ngampilan at Ngampilan District, Yogyakarta that the way to empower women in managing plastic waste is that women must be given the equal access in “Bank Sampah” or any waste management program, moreover, let women participate in the implementation and activities of “Bank Sampah”, also give full control for women in carrying out this waste management program.

  Giving the equality access in Bank Sampah is the first step to give a chance for women to start their movement space in Bank Sampah program that aim to reduce the pollution of garbage. Letting women participate in activities of Bank Sampah will generate a sense of responsibility in women to foster a healthy environment and keep a clean environment. So that, they pull out their ability to realize the aim of Bank Sampah and optimize all efforts in the management of garbage so the garbage can be managed properly and not to be disposed of an inappropriate places. 

           However, in addition to allow women to be active in plastic garbage prevention programs, we must also give women full control to manage and supervise the course of the program. By empowering women in waste management program is expected to enable and optimize the performance of women in managing garbage also make women aware of the restriction on utilizing plastic in daily life to be used both in beverage, food, and cosmetic bags. Then it can be suppressing the next timings of plastic trash. 

           The fact is many food and beverage products are covered by plastic. Quoted from bkpp.demakkab.go.id, that the association of aromatic olefin and Indonesian plastic (INAPLAS) industry has recorded that there are 65% of plastic consumptions that is still dominated by plastic packaging. And about 60% is absorbed by the FnB industry. If we look at the effects of plastic on the environment and public health, the effect of it is very harmful to the environment of the present and future, the further effects of it are detrimental to people's health, resulting in reducing quality of life that could prevent the potential of human resources from fully competing in the international realm and the consequent loss of human resources could potentially hinder national development.

    

     Here is the role of women as a home-care provider of all household items whether food, drink or other household items that are needed in daily life should optimize the management of garbage and reduce the utilize of plastic so that Indonesia plastic waste disposal mission can be implemented. Now a lot of skincare products have been in various brands which of course require plastic to pack if then this skincare garbage is left unattended and further recycled, this plastic garbage would pile up polluting and damaging the environmental aesthetic. 

 

   So if women properly manage this garbage to be useful for the environment, they can supplement their income and make them more independent. A healthy pattern of life started from throwing the garbage and reducing potential environmental waste, recycling plastic garbage from which there is no value being assessed. Woman's empowerment of plastering garbage has unwittingly educated the character of the younger and future generations of the nation not to dispose of litter at an early age and to be a relay of the struggle to maintain a clean environment for better future’s sake.

 

           Because the women as a parent are the role of educator and principal figure for children, so that whatever parents do becomes an example for children, children will be in the future so that every parent's behavior and behavior will be exemplified and that is called the relay of education. By this way means the long-term preservation of the environment has actually been realized and Indonesia free of pollution of current and future plastic waste can be realized. Yet we are still recognized that woman's empowerment is not the only way to solve this problem of garbage but all elements of the nation should contribute to and maximize efforts to address this garbage problem quickly. Then the environment can be clean and the public health secure, at the end the national economic development goal can be achieved with increased resource quality.

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Source : 

• accessed on November 2020 from http://www.inaplas.net/
• accessed on November 2020 from http://journal.student.uny.ac.id/ojs/index.php/index?journalsPage=2
• accessed on November 2020 from http://www.ceic.com/
• accessed on November 2020 from https://www.jpnn.com/