The world's biggest cleaning day, World Cleanup Day yesterday (18/9) was commemorated by the world community with a number of actions. One of them is the waste sorting education entitled "Giat Sorting Garbage" conducted by Dukuhdempok village officials and Imaji Sociopreneur to 120 RT/RW around the village environment.

Also attended by the Head of the Wuluhan Sub-district, Slamet Wijoko and the Head of the Wuluhan Sector Police, Arief, this activity began with a clean-up agenda with the environment around the village hall.

Village Head Miftahul Munir said that waste sorting education for RT/RW was the first step towards the Climate Village program that was promoted by his side.

"It is hoped that this sorting education will also be passed down by RT/RW to the community, so that in the future when the Integrated Waste Management Site (TPST) is completed, the people of Dukuhdempok are used to sorting and managing their waste," he said.

Regarding the TPST concept, Munir added that his party also cooperated with a number of community groups engaged in the environmental sector in Dukuhdempok. One of them is the Istana Maggot group which is engaged in organic waste management.

"So in the future, not only non-organic waste is managed through a waste bank, but we can also process organic waste," he added.

The Imaji Sociopreneur team who was the speaker in the activity also invited the participants to change their perspective on waste.

"The problem is that most people think that waste has no value, even though, if it is managed properly, it has great value," said Dona Rendra, an environmental assistant at Imaji Sociopreneur.

In addition, according to him, the volume of household waste that is increasingly unstoppable is the time to be managed properly. In addition to contributing to protecting the environment, it can also be an alternative income for the community.

"In the end, waste that has been considered trivial can actually be a blessing. But here is the challenge, there must be a common awareness to manage it," he added.

This educational activity ended with the practice of sorting waste together into several types, namely plastic, paper, and organic waste. *