Sri Hartati
Jatinangor District has now been designated as the Jatinangor Urban Area (KPJ) by the Regional Government of Sumedang Regency. This was driven by the large number of universities that were built and entered the administrative area of Sumedang Regency so that it was nicknamed the city of education. Jatinangor has become an educational area in accordance with the long-term plan of the West Java government as stated in the Decree of the Governor of West Java No.583/SK-PIK/1989 concerning the designation of Jatinangor as a higher education area.
Increasing students living in the area Jatinangor can certainly improve the economy of the Jatinangor community, where after being hit by COVID-19, the Jatinangor area was in suspended animation. On the other hand, this large number of residents creates serious problems in terms of waste. Jatinangor does not yet have a waste disposal site, so far the waste has been transported to the Sumedang area as a final disposal site. This waste issue is also a serious concern for the Head of Sayang Village, where Sayang Village, Jatinangor District, has 13 RWs which are quite large waste contributors due to their fairly large residences. The volume of wet waste produced by each household is approximately 0.4-0.5 kilograms. The waste problem in the Jatinangor area is influenced by the low level of understanding and concern in sorting waste, disposing of waste inappropriately and even treating waste by burning. Even though there is a law regarding waste management, unfortunately the government does not provide sufficient facilities and infrastructure.
The waste management training activity involved people from various hamlets totaling 34 people, consisting of people in There are 25 people in Sayang Village, Jatinangor District, 5 people consisting of community elements who care about waste, 5 village officials and 15 PKK members in Sayang Village, Jatinangor District. This community service aims to increase the effectiveness of household waste processing in Sayang Village through the implementation of the CRAPCO application combined with training and mentoring. The methods used include: outreach, training to convey understanding of the importance of processing household waste, as well as introduction to the CRAPCO application, mentoring and monitoring. The results of the service show an increase in public knowledge and awareness about the importance of waste processing, as well as the ability to utilize the CRAPCO application to process organic waste into compost and ecoenzyme.
Increase public awareness of the importance of disposing of waste in its proper place. Increase awareness and change people's behavior in sorting waste. Become a member of CRAPCO
"Benefits for lecturers: 1. Application of existing knowledge to increase relevance in community development 2. In community service, lecturers can develop new skills and increase competence 3. Open opportunities for lecturers to build networks with various stakeholders, both government and non-government and local communities 4. Providing initiation to conduct research with new findings. Global benefits 1. There is a transfer of knowledge and global community, international collaboration 2. Sustainable innovation occurs, community service activities that involve the community so that social innovation can develop sustainably 3. There is an increase in global awareness, through community service activities local issues can be raised to the global level so that the challenges faced by various global communities can be known. "