A WETLAND-BASED VILLAGE WASTE BANK IN SEKUMPUL, MARTAPURA DISTRICT, BANJAR REGENCY

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The waste bank was established because of public concern about the environment which is increasingly filled with both organic and inorganic waste. The increasing amount of waste will certainly cause many problems, so it requires processing such as making waste into useful materials. It is hoped that waste management with this waste bank will be able to help the government in handling waste and improving the community's economy. A waste bank is a place used to collect waste that has been sorted. The results from the collection of sorted waste will be deposited to places where crafts are made from waste or to waste collectors. The waste bank is managed like banking by volunteer officers. Depositors are residents who live around the bank location and receive a savings book like saving at a bank. The main aim of establishing a waste bank is to help handle waste processing in Indonesia. The next aim of the waste bank is to make people aware of a healthy, neat and clean environment. Waste banks were also established to convert waste into something more useful in society, for example for crafts and fertilizer which have economic value. Waste banks have several benefits for humans and the environment, such as making the environment cleaner, making people aware of the importance of cleanliness, and turning waste into economic goods. The benefit of a waste bank for the community is that it can increase people's income because when they exchange waste they will get a reward in the form of money collected in the account they have. People can withdraw money from their savings at any time when they have accumulated a lot of savings. The rewards given to savers are not only in the form of money, but some are also in the form of basic food items such as sugar, soap, oil and rice. Waste banks are also beneficial for students who are financially disadvantaged, several schools have implemented school fee payments using waste. With the above, it was initiated to carry out activities to establish a Waste Bank in Sekumpul Subdistrict, Banjar Regency by a Team of Lecturers and Students at the Islamic University of Kalimantan, Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari and colleagues with a community empowerment program (PPM) scheme in wetlands.