Improving Skills to Manage Household Waste in Wonokromo Urban Village, Surabaya

Surabaya is one of the cities in Indonesia that has problems on garbage. In handling the garbage, the city government
of Surabaya issued a large enough budget to transport the waste to the landfill (TPA). This can be reduced if the waste
from the source can be managed properly. Lack of public awareness in RT. 019, RW. 04 Kelurahan Wonokromo
Surabaya City in managing household waste, it can be seen from the community disposing of waste is not sorted and
do not know how to recycle the waste. By recycling waste into compost, in addition to helping the government in
reducing the waste can also green the environment with the resulting compost fertilizer. Community service is done
to members of the PKK in RT. 019, RW. 04, Wonokromo urban village of Surabaya, and implemented on April 1 -
November 31, 2015. The method used in community service is counseling and training in managing household waste.
The result of community service is that most PKK members can sort waste and manage their household waste into
compost, and the community environment becomes green from the resulting compost.
Keywords: garbage, compost fertilizer, household waste, manage