Pemanfaatan Limbah Minyak Jelantah Penghasil Sabun Sebagai Stimulus Untuk Meningkatkan Kepedulian Masyarakat Terhadap Lingkungan

Abstract

This research aims to look at the phenomenon of community awrness for the environment as the implications of the utilization of waste cooking oil which is a household inorganic waste. Of course, every household produces used waste cooking oil because cooking oil is one of the primary needs of the community. With the treatment through the utilization of waste cooking oil into soap, community has an important role in the control of the waste. The phenomenon of environmental awarness after being given the stimulus of waste cooking oil utilization was seen through descriptive quantitative methods. The stimulus is given in a series of family empowerment center activities (POSDAYA). Data was collected through survey results using data collection tools in the questionnaires form of environmental literacy, skil of utilization of waste cooking oil into soap, awarness behaviors, and actions of environtmental awareness. The data is processed with the help of MSI (Methods of Successive Interval) and SPSS software to see the Spearman correlation coefficient. Based on the results of a survey of 76 respondents taken as a sample, the phenomenon of the level of community awareness in the community of Windujaya Village, Sedong Subdistrict, Cirebon District showed a positive trend. Significantly influencing factors are environmental literacy and skills in utilizing waste cooking oil into soap.