Characteristics of the waste in Schools

            School as a gathering place for many people to be the largest waste producer in addition to the market, household, industrial and institutional. In general, waste can be separated into:

1. Organic waste / nonperishable comes from food scraps, vegetable scraps and fruit             skins, fish and meat, garden waste (grass, leaves and twigs).

2. Inorganic waste / nonperishable form: paper, wood, fabric, glass, metal, plastic, rubber and soil.

            Waste generated mostly school is kind of dry waste and wet waste only slightly. Dry waste is produced mostly in the form of paper, plastic and a little metal. While the wet garbage from a tree fallen leaves, food scraps and food wrapping in banana leaves.

Waste management

1. Sorting is separated into groups of organic and non-organic waste and placed in different containers.

2. Processing by implementing the 3R concept:

             Reuse (reuse) that is using a particular waste is still possible to use [reuse old        bottles].

             Reduce (reduction) that is trying to reduce everything that can lead to waste and   reduce the waste that already exists.

             Recycle (recycled) that is using certain waste to be processed into a more useful   item [recycling organic waste into compost].

3. For waste that can not be addressed within the scope of the school, gathered to place Temporary Shelters (TS) has been provided for further transported by the janitor to the Final Disposal (TD).

Waste dumped TS placed based waste sorting has been done. This is done because the rapid decay of organic waste while non-organic waste takes longer to decompose so require special treatment. For TS are intentionally provided by the school polling station should be equipped with a system hole cover so that rodents, insects, and certain animals not enter into it, and also to avoid the smell of garbage that could interfere.

To facilitate the range is usually also provided small bins are placed in places easily accessible as temporary shelters waste before disposal to the polls. Garbage disposal in the garbage should also be separated into organic and inorganic trash when it's full and must be immediately discarded to the polling station or directly taken up by the janitor for disposal to landfill.

Designing Waste Management in Schools

In the school environment, waste management requires a serious attention. With the composition of most of the residents are children [the learners] do not rule out the management was not optimal. But also can be used as a medium of learning for its students. One of the parameters of a good school is environmentally sound.

Organic waste can be processed into compost. The process is easy and simple. Elementary school age children can work on their own until high school. With wet waste composting at school can be a medium of learning for students. At least the children will learn about the Natural Sciences. Children will also learn to appreciate the environment. They will learn how to waste it can be beneficial to humans not only as something dirty and disgusting. The resulting compost can be used to fertilize plants that exist or as a mixture of planting medium in pots.

Waste paper generated a lot of that type HVS. This paper types among scavengers have the highest prices. Not to mention cardboard, paper food wrappers and other paper types. Especially for waste paper, can do two things to manage.

1. The first is recycling as its own management. Waste paper can be recycled fairly easily. Scrap paper cut into small pieces and soaked in water. The next process is the blender to turn into pulp. This is where creativity is needed. Pulp can be used as recycled paper or can be used as the basis of creativity, such masks pigora paper or forms.

2. The second form of management is sorting system for sale. HVS manifold paper separated from other types such as newspaper, cardboard and kerdus. Waste paper that has been sorted earlier sold to scavengers. Scavengers will periodically come to the school to pick up the paper.

Another type of rubbish in the school is pretty much plastic. Garbage is mostly made up of plastic wrap and a bottle of mineral water. For the latter type are now much sought after. Used bottles are made from PET plastic can be recycled into plastic pellets. Similarly, the former beverage cans are made of metal. This type of waste should also be sorted, collected for sale. Children can also be crafted creative crafts or wall hangings.

By sorting system is expected students to learn how rubbish the original dirty and disgusting apparently has a sale value. Economic subjects can be learned from a pile of garbage in school. The students will realize that there are job opportunities in the surrounding areas, not just the look but can also be created.

In the design of waste management in school, students need to be actively involved. This can be done by forming teams assigned to a scheduled basis. Periodic exhibitions and competitions can be done to raise awareness of waste management. Writing in a blog or bulletin board is a good exercise to cultivate the souls manage waste. Thus emerged a new awareness that, "Garbage is not a problem, but an opportunity".