UNESA Zero Waste Team Receives Support from Benowo Landfill Management
Unesa.ac.id, SURABAYA-Four students of Surabaya State University initiated an innovation in the form of a smart prism-shaped landfill to overcome the problem of limited landfill land and increased waste volume to realize a sustainable city in Surabaya City. The idea passed the funding stage of the 2024 Student Creativity Program.
The four UNESA students are Karna Abadi (S1 Biology Education), May Trheya Kasih (S1 State Administration), Akbar Wildhanata (S1 Electrical Engineering), and Roy Nurfaza (D4 Informatics Management) with supervisor Dwi Anggorowati R., S. Si., M.Si.
Tuesday (25/06/2024) UNESA Zero Waste Team visited Benowo Landfill to learn and discuss about the innovation that is being carried out in the 2024 Student Creativity Program. The discussion went smoothly and orderly. Mohammad Ali Azhar as the manager of Benowo Landfill, gave appreciation to the innovation carried out by the UNESA Zero Waste Team.
“Many young people can innovate, but there are rarely young people who care about the environment,” he explained briefly.
“I appreciate the ideas and ideas presented by Unesa friends, although it is still an overview. I hope these ideas and ideas can be pursued and developed to be implemented. Problems that are often encountered in every landfill are leachate from garbage and unpleasant odors. I strongly support your idea and will keep you posted on its development,” he added.
The green light given by the Benowo landfill manager encourages the Unesa Zero Waste Team to continue to innovate and develop the features in it. Landfil or landfill.
“Our innovation is not just building a landfill but we have an idea to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology in our innovation,” said Karna Abadi, head of the PKM team.
Not only AI-based, Karna explained that his innovation uses Waste Energy Plant technology, which is the development into a waste biomass power plant, also known as PLTSa. Thermal power plant with supercritical steam and fueled by waste or waste methane gas.
“We hope this innovation can pass to the PIMNAS stage, besides that we have also worked with partners such as TPA Benowo who have supported our innovative ideas so that we are optimistic that this idea can be applied optimally,” he said.[]
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Author: Muhammad Azhar Adi Mas'ud (FBS)
Photo: UNESA PKM Team
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