The Kingdom of Plastic

Who doesn't know plastic? Everyday all people use plastic to help them for carrying and storing their stuff. Plastic is a common to all people. In general, all plastic look the same, although with different color and size. Spesifically, there are many types of plastic, based on their usage.  Let's we learn more about plastic.

Plastic 1: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET or PETE)

Commonly recycled, PET is semi-rigid and very lightweight. It's best suited for single-use containers as it can break down when exposed to light and heat, causing it to leach. PET can also be recycled into fabric, similar in strength and appearance to virgin nylon. Plastic marked with an SPI code of 1 is made with polyethylene terephthalate, which is also known as PETE or PET. PETE-based containers sometimes absorb odors and flavors from foods and drinks that are stored inside of them. Items made from this plastic are commonly recycled. PETE plastic is used to make many common household items like beverage bottles, medicine jars, peanut butter jars, combs, bean bags, and rope. Recycled PETE is used to make tote bag carpet, fiberfill material in winter clothing, and more.

ENVIRONATION 2015: Green Concept for Sustainable Future

Environation is a dedication from students of Environmental Engineering Department ITS Surabaya as commemoration of Earth Day which is celebrated every April 22th. Environation is collaboration of LITL (Lomba Inovasi Teknologi Lingkungan) and Environmental Youth Mini Conference (EYMC). LITL is a scientific writing competition in environmental field. The theme of Environation 2015 is "Green Concept for Sustainable Future". This theme is based on the end of the MDG’s (Millenium Development Goals) of United Nation and to start SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) program.

International Student Energy Summit (ISES) 2015 - Bali, Indonesia

The International Student Energy Summit (ISES) is a global forum that focuses on sustainable resource management and the role that students will play in defining the future of energy development. ISES is Student Energy’s pinnacle event and targets international, multidisciplinary post secondary students in undergraduate and graduate studies interested in energy. The ISES program focuses on three main pillars that address today's key energy issues:

• Markets & Regulation
• Global Energy Dynamics
• Technology & Innovation

ISES occurs every 2 years at academic institutions around the world.The internationally recognized event has brought high profile energy leaders such as Connie Hedegaard (EU Commissioner for Climate Action), and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri (Nobel Laureate and Chair of the IPCC). The latest summit brought over 500 students from over 60 countries.

Vision ISES is empowering the next generation of energy leaders that will support the global transition towards a sustainable energy future. The International Student Energy Summit will use a multidisciplinary framework that encourages cooperation between all energy stakeholders, from an individual to the global community.

Goals

• Educate students about the current issues in global energy management.
• Inspire students with the knowledge and courage to challenge the current energy system.
• Unite likeminded students motivated to lead the world to a sustainable energy future.

Focus Our program focuses on three main pillars that address today's key energy issues:

• Markets & Regulation
• Global Energy Dynamics
• Technology & Innovation

The ISES 2015 event theme is “Connecting the Unconnected” and will combine the visions of “striving forward” and “leaving no one behind”. In today’s interconnected energy world, there is a desperate need for energy rich nations to understand energy access issues that dominate a large portion of the globe. Here in Bali, ISES 2015 will give students a new frame for evaluating the energy challenges the world faces.

Attending the International Student Energy Summit is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Register today to be part of the movement!
Registration secures your spot at ISES 2015 and registers you as an official delegate of the event. Please note that you have to be an Undergraduate or Graduate student. You will also need to secure a visa and travel funding so you will want to consider the time this will take when registering.

Registration will be available in two terms – Early Bird and Normal. Our conference prices and bursary information are outlined below.  Please note that members of Student Energy receive a 50% discount to attend ISES. If you are not yet a member you can purchase a membership with your conference attendance to take advantage of the discount.

Early Bird Registration

Early bird registration will be open from January 15^th until April 17^th. Delegates who sign up during this time will receive a significant price discount. Our conference pricing  until April 17^th is outlined below:

Early Bird - $680
Early Bird SE Members (code required) - $340
Early Bird + $19 Student Energy Membership - $359

Second Term (Normal Registration)

Normal registration will be open from April 17^th until June 1^st. Delegates who apply in normal registration stage will have a normal price.

Regular Price - $850
Regular SE Members (code required) - $425
Regular Price + $19 Student Energy Membership - $444

Delegate Registration Fee Include:

• Access to all plenary and break-out sessions hosted by world energy experts and leaders
• All meals for the duration of the event
• Accommodations for 3 nights
• Access to networking and social events
• Transportation from delegates hotel to the venue
• Conference kit
• Booklet and Guidebook for Delegates

Source: ISES 2015

Poster: Solution Option of Solid Waste Management Problems in EBP Beach, Buleleng Regency, Bali

This poster was published on International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ISCES) 2014 in Tongji University, Shanghai - China. This conference was held by UNEP and Tongji University. This topic was also become my thesis on my Bachelor Degree. 

For more information, please contact me on madewahyuwijaya@gmail.com

Join the ISCES 2015 here! Call for Paper ISCES 2015

Call for Paper: International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ISCES) 2015

The International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ISCES) was initiated as an annual event to provide international students with a platform to work together, exchange ideas and understanding on critical environmental issues and jointly create new solutions. Supported and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Tongji University and Beijing Green Future Environmental Foundation, and organized by UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), ISCES was successfully held over the last four years (2011, 2012, 2013,2014), attracting approximately 300 students every year from more than 40 countries across the globe and contributing to the dissemination of good practices and concepts on environment and sustainability amongst student communities.

The “2015 International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ISCES 2015)” will be launched on the World Environment Day (June 5) and last for a week. This year, the event will attract the sustainability-oriented enterprises and NGOs to attend. With the support of UNEP, Tongji University and Beijing Green Future Environmental Foundation, plus the experience over the past three years, we believe that this year’s conference will be another milestone and success in promoting good practices and concepts of sustainable development among university students.

My experience when I joined ISCES 2014 was very amazing. Every student from all countries were gather and discuss about environmental issues in their country. We brought some ideas as the solution for environmental problem in our environment around. All students who are selected as the participant, have presented their poster at the poster session, discuss in 5 fields of environmental issues, interactive dialogue, green campus tour, field trip, and amazing one is cultural night. In this amazing of chance, I brought my thesis as the topic of my poster. It was about solid waste management in beach resort area.You can download my presentation by clicking this link ISCES 2014 Presentation

Figure 1. Walking around city of Shanghai

Figure 2. Participant of ISCES 2014

Figure 3. Clothing distinguished by the field (sub topic)

Figure 4. Standing on the ISCES 2014 information board

Figure 5. Indonesian delegates

Figure 6. Team of Ecosystem and Climate Change (Yellow team)

Figure 7. New friend from India at Cultural Night

Figure 8. Showing each national costume at Cultural Night

Figure 9. Asian: India, Nepal, Indonesia, and India

Figure 10. Poster session on ISCES 2014

Prepare your research, ideas, and action
Check this link for more information Call for Paper ISCES 2015

How to Analyze: Solid Waste Generation and Composition Sampling

In a solid waste management planning, we need some informations about the existing condition of solid waste itself. Based on solid waste management literature, solid waste management should be adjusted to the generation and its characteristics for efficiency and effectiveness.Tchobanoglous et al (1993) mentions about the classification of solid waste based on their source, they are:

1. Residential waste: foodwaste, paper, leather, yardwaste, ash, wood, plastic, and hazard

2. Commercial waste: paper, plastic, carton, metal, wood, foodwaste

3. Institutional waste: paper, plastic, wood, foodwaste, glass

4. Constructional waste: wood, metal, steel, concrete, ash

5. City service waste: yardwaste, plastic, paper

6. Processing building waste: sludge, ash

7. Industrial waste: ash, hazardous waste, plastic

8. Agricultural waste: foodwaste, hazardous waste

Solid waste generation is the amount of waste generated by the source in certainly unit of time. Generation rate is affected by the amount of population, industrial level, social economy, and commercial activity in the society (Babayemi et al., 2009). Solid waste generation is the effect of production and consumption of the society in every economic level. This solid waste generation is related to solid waste management, such as equipments, routing, recycling facilities, and final disposal facilities.

Solid waste composition is the representative of each constituent and its distribution of the waste and expressed in persentage of weight (%). Composition of solid waste is very important to plan or evaluate the equipment needed, system and program management of solid waste, and handling system. Solid waste constituents is classified into organic and anorganic waste. Organic waste such as: foodwaste, paper, plastic, leather, cloth, rubber, yardwaste and woods. Anorganic waste such as glass, tin, metal, and steel (Tchobanoglous et all., 1993). Upadhyay et all., (2012), classify the solid waste composition into 4 class, they are:

1. Recyclable waste: paper, plastic, glass, metal

2. Poisonous waste: paint, pesticide, insecticide, battery, and drugs

3. Compostable waste: foodwaste, leaves, yardwaste, vegetables, fruits

4. Infectious waste: blood, syringe, laboraturium waste, cotton waste

All of waste composition will affect the waste density, disposal technique, and potencial of reuse, reduction, and recycle processing.

In this part, I want to share about how to do solid waste generation and composition analysis based on Indonesia Standard Method: SNI 19-3964-1994

1. Location

Sampling location is divided into 2 types, they are residential and non residential.

Residential:

- Permanent with high economic level

- Semi permanent with medium economic level

- Non permanent with low economic level

Non Residential: shop, office, school, market, street, hotel, restaurant, public facilities

2. Frequency

Sampling conducted in 8 days continuously, in same location, in the middle time of dry and wet season. 

3. Measurement and calculation

- The units used for generation measurement are liter/unit/day and kg/unit/day

- The units used for composition  measurement is persentage (%)

- Volume measurement use a container in size of 40 Liter with weight measurement before

- Volume measurement use a container in size of 500 Liter with weight measurement before

4. Tools and Equipment

- Plastic bag with volume of 40 Liter

- Volume measurement container in size of 20 cm x 20 cm x 100 cm with height scale sign

- Volume measurement container in size of 50 cm x 50 cm x 100 cm with height scale sign

- Weigher with scale 0-5 kg and 0-100 kg

- Moving tools and gloves

5. Action
a. Spesify the sampling site
b. Spesify the number of surveyor
c. Prepare the tools and equipment
d. Distribute the plastic bag with certainly sign to the host of waste source a day before we begin
e. Record the number of each waste source
f.  Collect all of the plastic bag which is already filled with trash

Figure 1. Collected waste by using plastic bag with label

g. Transfer to the measurement site
h. Measure the weight of empty container with volume 40 L

i.  Enter the collected trash into the empty container with volume 40 L and measure the weight

j.  Stamped the container 3 times by lifted and dropped with height about 20 cm

k. Measure and record the volume

l.  Measure and record the weight

Figure 2. Measuring the weight of collected waste

m.Measure the weight of empty container with volume 500 L

n. Enter all of the collected trash into the empty container with volume 500 L and measure the weight

o. Measure and record the volume

p. Measure and record the weight

q. Sort the waste into the classified composition

Figure 3. Sorting the collected waste into some compositions

r.  Measure and record the weight of each composition

Figure 4. Measuring the weight of plastic only

s. Make the report with expressed in graphic, table, and documentation

Figure 5. Sampling activities