Description: Training on Making Used Cooking Oil into Soap and Aromatheraphy Candles in Joyotakan Village, Surakarta (26/05/2024) (Doc. @ecobhinneka_solo)
Eco Bhinneka Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Surakarta held training on managing household waste, they used cooking oil so that it can be used as soap and aromatherapy candles. The activity, which took place at the Joyotakan Village Hall, Surakarta, Central Java, on Sunday 26 May 2024, was attended by 30 participants who came from interfaith youth members of the Sederek Eco Bhinneka community, women who mobilized the PKK (Pemberayaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga)/ Empowerment of Family Welfare, and youth from Karang Taruna Joyotakan.
This activity was welcomed and inaugurated directly by Sandi Mulyanto, as Head of Joyotakan Village. “I really appreciate Eco Bhinneka Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Surakarta for initiating activities that can unite people from various religious backgrounds and invite people to love and care for the environment,” he said. “Eco Bhinneka can be a driver of change in environmental issues, because this kind of activity is still rare, so this can be a role model and example for the community,” continued Sandi.
Description: Training on Making Used Cooking Oil into Soap and Aromatheraphy Candles in Joyotakan Village, Surakarta (26/05/2024) (Doc. @ecobhinneka_solo)
Yayu Fatmah, the organizer and owner of the Joyotakan Waste Bank, is trusted as a trainer for training activities on managing used cooking oil waste into circular economy products, become soap and aromatherapy candles. “We can develop whatever we have at home and process it again or recycle it so that it doesn’t end up just being trash, as long as we know how to process it,” said Yayu, who is currently also active in the Branch Board of ‘Aisyiyah (Pimpinan Cabang ‘Aisyiyah/ PCA) Serengan, Surakarta.
Description: Training on Making Used Cooking Oil into Soap and Aromatheraphy Candles in Joyotakan Village, Surakarta (26/05/2024) (Doc. @ecobhinneka_solo)
Reporting from Low Carbon Development Indonesia, Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas, circular economy is a model that seeks to extend the life cycle of products, raw materials and existing resources so that they can be used as long as possible. The principles of a circular economy include reducing waste and pollution, preserving used products and materials for as long as possible, and regenerating natural systems (Ellen Macarthur Foundation).
It turns out that the circular economy in Indonesia is included in the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020 – 2024, under National Priority Agenda 1: Strengthening Economic Resilience for Quality and Fair Growth, and National Priority Agenda 6: Building the Environment, Increasing Resilience Disasters and Climate Change.
Description: Training on Making Used Cooking Oil into Soap and Aromatheraphy Candles in Joyotakan Village, Surakarta (26/05/2024) (Doc. @ecobhinneka_solo)
“This activity is important because it can be a medium for realizing harmony between religious communities through an environmental approach, introducing the people of Surakarta to how waste management can be used as a sustainable product,” said Uswatun Hasanah, regional staff of Eco Bhinneka Muhammadiyah – Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Surakarta. Apart from that, added Uswatun, it is a first step in producing circular economy products for the sustainability of the Sederek Eco Bhinneka Surakarta community in the future.
After this activity, the soap and candle products produced from the training will be marketed at campaign events in the Car Free Day Slamet Riyadi area, and also at the Eco Bhinneka Festival which is planned to be held in August 2024.
Description: Training on Making Used Cooking Oil into Soap and Aromatheraphy Candles in Joyotakan Village, Surakarta (26/05/2024) (Doc. @ecobhinneka_solo)
