IPB Students Invent R-Magic Trash, Instant Trash Bin
Begins at awareness to environment, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) students Dedi Iskandar and Dini Aprilia Kurniawati from Forest Management Department, Faculty of Forestry and Budi Kurniawan from Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science through Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa Karsa Cipta (PKM-KC) 2018 create innovation trash bin that able to process organic and plastic waste instantly named R-Magic Trash. This research is under guidance of Dr. Ujang Suwarna, S.Hut, M.Sc. F. Trop
“Observing so many wastes in many places, then I and team find idea how to process waste instantly without using long time,” Dedi says. For him, this innovation aims to invite people to keep environment clean also make people easier to cope and process their surrounding waste. This machine that uses electricity in processing making made of fiberglass so the temperature inside the machine stays and not bothered by external temperature.
This machine contains two kind of waste processor, there are organic waste and plastic waste. To process organic waste, the waste put inside without cutting because this tool completed by cutting tool. Then cut waste will filter to below place and automatically sprayed EM4 liquids that contain decomposer bacteria to change the organic waste become compost that designed for short time, during 2 – 3 days.
Meanwhile, to process plastic waste, waste simply put into the tool and will be automatically counted. Furthermore, the chopped waste will fall to where the microbial cell has been immobilized or retained on a matrix for later described by the microbial cell. Plastic waste is not directly biodegradable, but the process of decomposition of plastic waste on this tool will be faster than just left in nature.
"With R-Magic Trash is expected to help the community in processing home wastes efficiently and instantly, and byproducts of compost can be used as fertilizer for plants at home such as vegetables or other crops, so that garbage does not accumulate anymore and public health can be maintained" , said Dedi. (NR)
