Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 166 THE PRINCIPLE OF ADULT EDUCATION (AE) THROUGH THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT AT BENING SAGULING FOUNDATION IndraIKIP Siliwangiindra.darmawan77@gmail.com ABSTRACTAdult Education (AE) is the education which is more oriented to realisticapplication towards what is felt and faced in daily life. Waste problems inmodern life have been very crucial concern and issues to be solved. Throughthe empowerment which puts forward the change of the mindset aboutwaste from a problem into a blessing, establishment of waste managementinstitution, strengthening management capacity through training andmentoring continuously can be one of the solutions in household wastemanagement. The community empowerment in household wastemanagement can increase family’s income and conserve the environment, sothat the community which is independent economically and sustainableenvironment can occur. Keywords: Adult Education, Community Empowerment, Waste A. INTRODUCTIONThe Adult Education (AE) is the education the education which is more oriented torealistic application towards what is felt and faced in daily life. Realities and experiencesof adults have enriched knowledge, thus the adults need a treatment which isappreciative, especially in taking a decision. The adults will refuse the learning situationwhose conditions contradict their life concepts as an independent person.The problem of people’s lives and dynamics of life are developing steadily fromgeneration to generation. In modern life like nowadays, the world are faced with wasteproblems and solutions as the effects from lifestyles. According to Jambek, the averagepeople produce 0.6 kg waste per day, in which 75% of the waste is organic waste and25% is inorganic waste like plastic, metal, and paper.Indonesia itself is the world second biggest plastic waste contributor after China, whichis about 3.32 million tons plastic waste are produced every year, so that it is no wonderif rivers and beaches in big cities like Bali, Bandung, and Jakarta experience wastepollution which is at an alarming stage.Waste solution which still applies collecting, carrying away, and disposing cannot beapplied anymore because in this system, the government’s role is really dominant,meanwhile the roles of community and private are less visible. A paradigm shift ofwaste solutions in which the waste is not useless junk which needs to be got rid of orthrown away by government is needed. The contribution of community in wastemanagement is needed by education approach and community empowerment, in which Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 167 in this process, the community is directed to be more powerful and capable ofindependently processing waste in their homes.Based on the explanation above, therefore the researcher thinks that Adult Education(AE ) in empowering community through waste management can have positive impacton environmental conservation. Thus, the researcher wants to study in order to find thetruth about how the impact of adults’ principle in empowering the community towardshousehold waste management is. B. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKAccording to UNESCO (Townsend Coles, 1977), the Adult Education (AE) is the wholeprocess of education which is organized, whatever the content, level, or method is, bothformal and informal, which continues and replaces the former education in schools,academies and universities as well as work-training, which makes people consideredmature by the community developing their abilities, enriching their knowledge,improving their technical or professional qualifications, and resulting in changes inattitudes and behavior in the perspective of dual overall personal development andparticipation in balanced and free social, economic and cultural development. The abovedefinition emphasizes the achievement of individual development and the increasing ofsocial participation.According to Suprijanto (2007), adult education has 10 principles which can create aneffective and efficient learning- atmosphere. Those 10 principles are; (1). Partnership(2). Real experience (3). Togetherness (4). Participation (5). Self-Reliance (6).Sustainability (7). Benefits (8). Readiness (9). Locality (10). Integration.Based on law no. 18 of 2008 about waste management, waste management is defined asa systematic, comprehensive, and continuous activity which includes waste reductionand waste management. Waste management cannot be solved only by the governmentby "collecting, carrying away, disposing" to the landfill, but it must be donecomprehensively and integrated from upstream to downstream to provide economicbenefits, health for the community and safety for the environment, and can changepeople's behavior.Effective waste management is at its source or household-based, in which waste startsto be sorted and processed at home. The role of family education is very instrumentaland very strategic in helping to improve the environment, starting from the family asthe smallest environment to be accustomed to sort and process waste from the source.The involvement of the community in waste management with an approach to adulteducation through empowerment is very much in line with law no. 18 of 2008, thatpeople must actively participate in managing waste at the source with the 3R approach,which are reduce, reuse and recycle. According to Damanhuri (2010) sorting activitiesand recycling are done as much as possible from the waste collection to the final wastedisposal. The operational technique of urban waste management which consists ofstorage activities to the final disposal of waste must be integrated by sorting from thesource. Community involvement in waste management can be done through awareness, Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 168 mentoring and empowerment, in which in this process the community is directed tobecome more powerful and able to process waste from the sources, so that waste is nolonger considered a burden but an asset which can provide added value to empower thecommunity.Slamet (2003) explains in more detail that what is meant by empowered people arepeople who know, understand, get motivated, have opportunities, take advantage ofopportunities, have energy, are capable to work together, know various alternatives, areable to make decisions, are willing to take risks, are able to find and get information, andable to act in line with the situation. The empowered process which creates thecommunity whose behaviors are expected must be done continuously by optimizing theparticipation of the community in a responsible way. C. RESEARCH METHODSThe research method used in this research is descriptive method, which is used todepict the attempt which has been done by Bening Saguling foundation at KabupatenBandung Barat in managing household waste by using the adult education (AE)approach and the community empowerment. D. DISCUSSIONLaw no. 18 of 2008 states that waste is no longer dominated by the government, but theresponsibility of all parties, including the community, integrated waste managementmust start from home as a source of waste. Therefore, the role of public educationrelated to waste management is very important, so that the waste problem will nolonger be the main problem which pollutes the environment, especially rivers and seas.The public education approach which is actualized through the communityempowerment can be an alternative solution, where waste is no longer seen as uselesswaste material and becomes a burden, but waste is positioned to be an asset that haseconomic, social, and environmental values that if it is managed can increase the level ofcommunity life.According to Law No. 18 of 2008, waste management with community participation isoriented through reduce, reuse, and recycle, so that waste disposed in the landfill is onlya residue that has no economic value.Meanwhile for the organic waste, the community can use it as compost or organicfertilizer with simple composter tools, Takakura basket, vermicompost, biopore, andbiodigester, in which organic waste becomes energy by utilizing methane gas intobiogas.The approach of adult education (AE) which has empowerment, usefulness,partnership, sustainability principles in waste management can be actualized throughseveral stages including:1. Changing MindsetAdult Education (AE) in waste management is started from the socialization ofwaste, where the community needs to be given an understanding of the concept ofwaste and changes the way they think from waste is economic and environmental Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 169 burdens to assets which can generate benefits in terms of economic, environmentaland social. The sorted organic waste can be processed into fertilizer, biogas and canincrease family income and reduce stacks in the landfill, while inorganic waste suchas plastic and metal can be recycled into various new products and add additionalincome for the family.2. The Establishment of Institutional Waste ManagementAfter there is a change in the way people think about waste, the next step is tostrengthen the community's contribution in waste management, by establishing ofcommunity institutions in waste management, the institutional form of wastemanagement can be various, it can be in the form of waste cooperative institutions,waste bank or waste management institutions. The institution of waste managementis intended to coordinate the waste management from households at the communitylevel, RT, RW, or village, so that the waste problem can be completed at thecommunity level while the residue in the form of new non-recyclable waste is sent tothe final disposal site. Thus, there will be a reduction of waste volume which isdisposed directly to the landfill; thereby it reduces the cost burden that must beincurred by the government. The formation of waste management institutions willalso strengthen waste management in the regional level, the existence of wastemanagement institutions will increase community participation and welfare at theRT, RW, or village level, where there will be a velocity of money in the form ofmanagement services, waste utilization results, and most importantly health qualityimprovement and clean environment.3. Management Training and Waste Sorting TechniquesManagement training and waste sorting techniques are parts of public education inmanaging household waste, where people need to know the waste sortingtechniques, both organic and inorganic waste. With an increase of knowledge wastesorting techniques and management, it will affect the quality of sorted waste and itwill increase the waste value to be processed at the next stage.4. Market AccessOne of the obstacles faced by waste management business doers is market accessthat is still closed for them, so that the strengthening community empowerment inwaste management must be directed to strengthen the market access for them, withmore open market access, it will shorten distribution tracks, so that the selling valuewaste that will be recycled will also increase.5. Continuous AssistanceThe most important thing in public education is continuity and usefulness, in whichin empowering the community through waste management in the household, it isnecessary to be accompanied, facilitated, and directed to the empowered stage.Indicators of empowered communities include being able to work together, havingmotivation, being able to take advantage of opportunities and being sustainable.Community assistance in managing household waste can be done by non-governmental organizations, private, and government. The role of the government incommunity assistance is very strategic; this is in accordance with Law No. 18 of Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 170 2008 that the task of the government is to coordinate all the potencies in wastemanagement. E. CONCLUSIONAdult Education is oriented to real daily needs which are developed in the midst ofsociety, where adult education which has the principle of partnership, empowerment,and benefits are in line with the principle of community empowerment.Waste problems become environmental issues which are developed and need acomprehensive solution, where garbage is no longer the responsibility of thegovernment, but all parties including the community. 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