Talking about contributions to Indonesia, especially in modern times, now seems very closely related to the role of the younger generation. Not a few of the young people who are now increasingly aware of their ability to be able to give back to this nation for what they have experienced so far. Behind that, it is also not easy to actually take steps to contribute to the nation. Many people do not dare to start because they think that they are not qualified enough to be able to start contributing. Meydam Gusniar, Head of Finance Department of Waste4Change, explores his role in contributing to the country through his steps in waste management.
Waste4Change and the Role of its Activities in Society
Waste4Change is an enterprise in waste management that conducts education, research, responsible waste transportation, and waste management to be processed so as not to damage the environment. Waste4Change plays a big role in reducing the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Waste4Change strives to carry out waste management from upstream to downstream.
Contributing Through Waste4Change
Starting from a slice of background of study in college, namely Environmental Engineering, finally encouraging Kak Meydam to be involved in related matters. After a lot of research, they finally started to try to design various ways of working for responsible waste management. Then after getting the right business model, Waste4Change began to realize how Waste4Change’s activities could have a big impact on the surrounding community, such as by opening up jobs for those in need.
The Impact That Waste4Change Has Produced
Waste4Change also collaborates with the government, one of which is being a consultant to provide food loss calculations, establishing a waste management system on islands in Indonesia, researching the composition of waste in rivers, and various other impacts.
A Road Full of Challenges
The waste management system is not an easy thing, Waste4Change must be able to manage how to make clients willing to use management services which are certainly not cheap. Not everyone has the awareness and knowledge for waste management so it needs repeated education. Operational costs and the delivery of knowledge to the public are some of the main challenges.
Start Contribution From Simple Steps
Contributing to Indonesia is not only direct by doing big things, but can be started from simple steps. One of the most important is to become a person who is more sensitive to the problems in the environment. Then there we can know what opportunities we can take and how we can align them with the capabilities and resources we have.