DEWAN EKSEKUTIF MAHASISWA

IAIN SYEKH NURJATI CIREBON

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Spirit Ramadhan Demi Membangun
Semangat Keimanan, Kepedulian, dan
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INTRODUCTION
Objectives

waste is part of one source of climate change. Today’s

world produces a very large amount of waste, around 2
billion tons every year. Meanwhile in Indonesian, daily waste
production is quite high on the Java island, including
Surabaya with a volume of 9185.93 (m3), Jakarta 6748.03
(m3) and Semarang 4917 (m3), while outside Java, including
Medan 3834.5 (m3 ), Denpasar 3507.67 (m3), Makassar
4494.86 (m3), and Manokwari 7095 (m3).

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by

2050 the global amount of waste is estimated to reach 3.4
million tons. That much waste will produce greenhouse gases
and will be very dangerous in climate change.

In Indonesian, there are 892 plastic factories and 400

TPA (Final Disposal Sites) of waste, but only 10% are
operating optimally. This accumulation of waste is expected
to double by 2050 if there are no steps and cooperation for
waste management. This effort is part of a form of
prevention that must be carried out by working together
with the community, industry, local government, and the
central government through a minimal waste lifestyle effort
to the regulation of the waste management law.

Plastic bags are one of the main causes of climate

change. Because, from the production process to the
disposal and management stage, plastic waste emits a lot of
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Plastics are made from petroleum by the process of

converting petroleum components into small molecules
called monomers. The activity of producing plastic requires
around 12 million barrels of oil raw materials. To convert
petroleum into monomers, combustion is used. It is from this
method that many greenhouse gases are emitted into the
atmosphere. Meanwhile, at the stage of disposal at the Final
Disposal Site (TPA), plastic waste is one type of waste that
produces greenhouse gases. Likewise at the management
stage, because plastic cannot be decomposed naturally by
bacteria in the soil so it takes hundreds of years for plastic to
decompose by itself, usually plastic is managed by burning.
Whereas the management of plastic by burning adds to the
emission of greenhouse gases in the earth's
atmosphere.Therefore, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
in the earth's atmosphere, the use of plastic needs to be
reduced. There are several things that can be done, including
:

 Reduce the use of plastic bags by carrying and using

cloth bags every time you shop.

 If you have time to use or get a plastic bag, reuse the

plastic bag for other purposes, for example to wrap
groceries at a later date.

 Recycle plastic waste into secondary raw materials,

for example recycling used plastic bottles into plant
pots.

 Avoid buying food and drinks with wraps. Or bring

and use your own food and drink bottles if you have
to wrap food and drinks.
PROBLEM ANALYSIS
Issued Topic
 Water Climate
Imagine if seawater contaminated with plastic evaporates
into rainwater, then returns to the ground. Not only destroying
soil nutrients, groundwater for households will also contain
chemicals that are dangerous to drink. In addition to the
dangers of drinking plastic waste, it can have a dangerous
impact on other ecosystems, especially living things in the
water, whether it's a river or the sea. Plastic waste is still a
serious problem for Indonesia and other countries in the world.
In the archipelago, plastic waste is not only found on land, but
has also spread to the sea, which covers two-thirds of
Indonesia's total area. All parties are encouraged to continue to
be involved in handling plastic waste in the ocean.
The People's Coalition for Fisheries Justice (KIARA) noted
that every year at least 1.29 million tons of waste is dumped
into rivers and ends up in the ocean. Of this, 13,000 plastic
floats on every square kilometer every year. This fact makes
Indonesia the number two country in the world with the
highest production of plastic waste in the oceans.
Secretary General of KIARA Susan Herawati said, the
more plastic waste in the ocean, the bigger the threat to the
sustainability of the marine ecosystem. Although the threat of
damage does not only come from plastic waste, but he still
reminds that the impact of plastic waste is also very dangerous.
Another fact about plastic waste, according to Susan, in
an 11-year cycle, the amount of plastic has doubled, with
packaging and food or beverage packaging being the largest
contributor to plastic waste.
At the same time, Susan said, in the 19 years from 1998
to 2017, KIARA recorded 37 cases of oil spills that occurred in
Indonesian waters. Some of them are cases that occurred in the
waters of Timor in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) in 2016. Until
now, the ecological losses due to this pollution have not been
recovered.
In that context, Susan added, consistent policies from the
Government are needed, such as the implementation of a
moratorium on coastal reclamation projects, coastal mining
projects and regulations for dumping into national waters.
 Air Climate
A report from the Environmental Investigation Agency
(EIA) shows that plastic pollution has reached the stage of a
global emergency, requiring a binding UN agreement to tackle
it.
The EIA argues that the threat of plastic pollution is
almost on par with climate change. The air we breathe now
contains microplastic particles, as does the soil and our food. In
August 2019, the research team found plastic particles falling
with snow in the Arctic Ocean.
Meanwhile, in Thailand, about 20 elephants died after
eating plastic waste from a landfill. The EIA report urges
countries around the world to agree on a binding UN
agreement to reduce the production of plastic waste. " We are
dealing with a deadly ticking clock, which continues to count
down rapidly," said Tom Gammage of EIA.

"If this pollution continues, the amount of plastic in the oceans

will exceed the weight of all fish by 2040," he said.
KBRN, Kingston: When major storms churn out storm
surges with torrential rains that soak the earth, they also sweep
debris from land into our rivers and beaches, according to
University of Rhode Island (URI) researchers Andrew Davies
and Coleen Suckling. The main roots of global climate change
as well as the problem of plastic pollution worldwide stem from
two linked carbon-based fuels -- oil and natural gas. Not only
are they two of the main drivers of climate change, they also
play an important role in the manufacture of plastics. As storms
intensify and become more frequent, the movement of debris
from our land into our oceans, and vice versa, makes it worse.
Davies, professor of biological sciences, and Suckling,
assistant professor of sustainable aquaculture at URI , are part
of an international team of researchers, including the Zoological
Society of London and Bangor University in Wales, who are
studying an often overlooked phenomenon, the combined
effects of climate change and plastics. of Rhode Island,
Saturday (10/23/2021).
The team identified three significant ways in which the
climate crisis and plastic pollution are linked, with the first
being how plastic contributes to global greenhouse gases from
production to disposal. The second shows how extreme
weather, such as hurricanes and floods, will spread and
exacerbate pollution. The third is the impact of climate change
and plastic pollution on marine species and ecosystems that are
vulnerable to both.
The study was led by Helen Ford, a Ph.D. students at
Bangor University, who worked with Davies and Suckling while
they were at Bangor. The team published their results in a
September article in the journal, Science of the Total
Environment. Professor Heather Koldewey, senior technical
specialist at the Zoological Society London, is the lead author.
Davies said Ford organized an international team that
carried out the research. "The premise of this paper addresses
the fact that so many people view plastic pollution and climate
change as separate things when they really are not," Davies
said. "They emerge from the same main ingredient, oil."
"Climate change and plastic pollution have a lot in
common, including how we need to tackle it. We need
international collaboration to tackle this problem, which
basically stems from overconsumption of limited resources."
The main problem, according to Suckling, is the transport
of plastics and microplastics over great distances. He said that
the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami in 2011
transported materials as far as Hawaii. The same thing happens
with hurricanes, he said. Suckling had witnessed Hurricane
Emma while she was in North Wales, which devastated one of
the marinas during 2018.
"The entire area was inundated with floating white
polystyrene particles. The storm had split the floating platform
of the walkway at this marina and spilled the polystyrene
contents, posing a pollution risk," Suckling said. "This is in a
location where invasive species are being controlled, but plastic
spreading from those locations can increase the risk of
transporting these invasive species." Suckling said scientists
were researching the ability of plastics to transport invasive
species hundreds of miles.
"Since Hurricanes Henri and Ida, we've seen plastic
transport caused by hurricanes," Davies said. "We're sending
our students to collect samples from Narragansett Bay before
and after the hurricane so we can start seeing what the impact
is. We're working on that data right now. We want to see what
impact this storm has on the plastic in our oceans."
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