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Students from different disciplines teamed up to develop a dual-function wireless speaker and power bank called Saura. It is made from recycled HDPE plastic with a class IV compressive strength of sengon wood (285 kg/cm2)
Household waste, especially detergents, continues to grow from time to time. The accumulation of these wastes can pollute the aquatic environment. In detergent waste, there are phosphate compounds that will trigger algae blooms or an
Four UGM students discovered the potential of seaweed-based bioplastics to answer the ‘styrofoam’ problem in Indonesia. Research by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences revealed styrofoam dominated 59% of plastic waste entering Jakarta Bay in 2015-2016.
The problem of waste masks and plastic gloves has now become a problem in itself throughout the world. Indonesia is no exception because due to the Covid-19 pandemic, masks and gloves pose dilemmatic problems. On
A student team from the Faculty of Biology UGM initiated sheep manure for biomass briquettes resource. This team consisted of Khoiruddin Anshori (2017), Hana Widiwati (2017), and Alifia Safputeri (2018) with Dr. Eko Agus Suyono,
There are several faculties and units in Universitas Gadjah Mada that implement water recycling programs as shown in the figures below. These include the University’s Mosque (Masjid Kampus UGM) (Fig. 1), in which the ablution
A lecturer and researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences (FMIPA) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) developed a processing tool for batik waste. It is very functional to make wastewater produced conforms
Providing sustainable solutions for waste management through cooperation, research, education, and technological development Indonesia produces 175,000 tons of waste every day and 81% of this is mismanaged. Much of the waste ends up either
Five students of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) made an innovation in the form of concrete composite from plastic waste. “Concrete composite is made from melted plastic mixed with sand,” said Putra Makmur Boangmanalu to reporters
