Jogja Scratch Garbage, Invites Community Help Maintain Cleanliness Kota Yogya

Starting from the concerns of some young people in Yogyakarta will be the number of garbage in every corner of the city of Yogya makes them initiated a community that has a vision and mission to reduce waste and make Yogyakarta City looks beautiful. 

Finally in 2015 they created what is called Jogja Scratch Waste (JGS). This community has a routine activity that is picking up trash on every street Kota Yogya. Every Wednesday evening this community gathered in one place and then clean up the garbage that littered the various tourist points Yogyakarta city. Typically these communities in the region berukumpul Point 0 KM, the front Vredeburg, Bridge Sayidan, Maliboro, and in other crowded places. 

The community is open anyone who wants to join and there are no restrictions whatsoever. One of the main members of JGS, Kedunk Ussil tell, at first, clean the waste activity only attended by about 10 people. But slowly, the group members through more than 100 people. "Those who join the movement comes from a variety of backgrounds. For example, some of the students, university students, teachers, to professors. 

There are also vendors and pedicab drivers who actively participate JGS Trash, "he said. Kedunk explained in its activities, the members of JGS is not just picking up but also sort of garbage that still have economic value and are not useful. After completing the purge, the trash subsequently be selected and dispisahkan between inorganic and organic waste. Waste that if it can be used later sold. the proceeds of the sale were donated to people in need. "the garbage that can be recycled automatically has economic value and contributed to the scavengers in the location we clean up, which are disposed at the polling stations, "he added. While doing the cleaning action, community JGS is not just picking up household waste, but also weeds and trash visuals such as posters advertising or announcement event on the wall and power lines. one by one they pull up to the sidewalk and the asphalt edge clean of weeds. in fact, by using their shovels to clean waterways are covered with soil. For the selection of the location, he added, usually one member suggested. 

But most are in the middle of the city of Yogyakarta, especially at road intersections protocol. "They chose a crowded location because there is a lot of garbage volume and that residents and motorists can see our action so that they are aware and motivated to participate in maintaining the cleanliness of the city of Yogya" he said. Kedunk hope JGS communities are mortal and soon disappeared. Because, if this community is not actively engaged in cleanup activities again, you can bet all been clean and residents and tourists had already been aware dispose of waste in place. "I hope soon vanished Trash Scratch replaced with increasingly high public awareness as well as the governments that promote environmental hygiene," he concluded. (Han) -