For years, we watched household waste pile up in our neighborhoods in Subangjaya, Sukabumi City, Indonesia. Most organic waste was mixed together and sent to landfill, while recyclable materials often ended up unmanaged or burned. We realized the problem was not only about waste, but also about losing community responsibility for the environment around us.
BSU Mandiri began as a small community initiative led by local residents who wanted to build a more practical and collective solution. Today, we work with households across several neighborhood areas (RW) to separate recyclable and organic waste, recover valuable materials, and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
Our next step is to strengthen a local regenerative system by developing compost processing, organic waste conversion, community sorting infrastructure, and neighborhood based environmental education. We are also preparing small scale urban food growing activities using compost produced from local organic waste.
Within the next 6–12 months, we aim to increase household participation, reduce unmanaged organic waste, and create a cleaner local environment with stronger community involvement. In the long term, we hope this model can become a practical example of community led urban regeneration in densely populated neighborhoods.
This work is driven by local residents, community leaders, waste workers, and volunteers who continue to participate directly in daily collection, sorting, and environmental activities.
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