IMPROVING THE SKILLS OF HOUSEWIVES IN ASSESSING COOKING OIL WASTE IN SUKARAPIH VILLAGE

Cooking oil is one of the ingredients that is widely used by the community, especially in households and culinary businesses. Cooking oil used in cooking activities does not always run out in one use. The use of cooking oil that many times can harm human health. Throwing the remaining cooking oil into the environment will cause environmental damage. This happens because cooking oil contains a lot of fat which can interfere with the growth/metabolism of biota/microorganisms in nature. It is necessary to make efforts to utilize the waste cooking oil by reprocessing it both as a useful product and with economic value, such as hand washing soap. Partners in this activity are a group of PKK women who work as housewives with a lower middle socioeconomic level and the education level of which depends on the income of the head of the family. The solution offered in this activity is to provide training on how to make hand washing soap from cooking oil waste and to assist the efforts of PKK women in taking advantage of the business opportunities of making hand washing soap. Efforts to improve the skills of PKK women to utilize cooking oil waste, besides being able to minimize the negative impact of cooking oil waste, also open up business opportunities in producing hand washing soap.