Dawuhan Village, Poncokusumo District is a place for Group 10 PKM FEB to carry out community service. In this village, there are many lands planted with various types of vegetables or fruits. The potential of fertile soil owned by Dawuhan Village makes this village have a community that mostly works as farmers. Several types of superior plants that are well managed in this village are oranges, corn, sugar cane, rice, and also bonsai. From the managed lands, farmers will send their harvest to collectors to be distributed to traders.
One of the commodities that is widely produced from farmers’ land is corn. Based on the results of our survey, the corn harvest in this village is mostly distributed to be used as animal feed for local residents. However, the obstacle experienced is the increasing accumulation of corn cob waste when residents use corn kernels for their animal feed. Usually, unused corn cob waste will be thrown away and become garbage.
From this obstacle, our group had the idea to process the corn cob waste. So that it does not become garbage that piles up and has no use value, corn cob waste can be processed into briquettes. Briquettes are blocks of solid material that can be burned to be used as alternative fuel or a substitute for fuel oil, wood that comes from waste (Liputan 6, 2023). This waste processing can turn corn cob waste into a material that can be reused and has its own use value.
The socialization of corn cob waste processing into briquettes was carried out on Saturday, (13/7/2024) at the Dawuhan Village Hall. In addition to providing an explanation regarding briquettes, they also practiced making briquettes by showing the briquette molding process, as well as showing the results of briquettes that are ready to use. Not alone, thwy did this briquette molding practice with several residents of Lesti Hamlet, Dawuhan Village who attended this socialization activity.
With this socialization of corn cob waste processing, it is hoped that the people of Dawuhan Village can reduce waste by processing corn cob waste which can be reused as alternative fuel. In addition, we also hope that the community can create new business opportunities by selling the processed briquettes so that later new jobs can be opened. [UB PR/ Trans. Iir]
