JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - In a corner of the densely populated RW 01 Tugu\nUtara, North Jakarta, a small change is gradually transforming the face\nof the village.<\/p>\n
It is not a new building or a large infrastructure project. This\nchange comes from a tiny creature called maggot, the larva of the Black\nSoldier Fly (BSF), which every day devours food waste, rotten\nvegetables, and household waste.<\/p>\n
In the past, the smell of organic waste could often be smelled from\nthe corners of the environment. Now, that smell is starting to\ndisappear.<\/p>\n
At the Cemara Waste Bank, maggots are the main \u201cworkers\u201d helping\nresidents reduce the accumulation of organic waste by around 100\nkilograms per day.<\/p>\n
For residents, maggots are more than just larvae. They have become a\nsolution.<\/p>\n
In this place, waste is no longer seen as something to be thrown\naway.<\/p>\n
Every food scrap that enters the processing facility becomes \u201cfood\u201d\nfor the maggots. In a short time, the pile of organic waste is broken\ndown and drastically reduced.<\/p>\n
The result is not only a cleaner environment.<\/p>\n
The remaining residue, known as casgot, can be directly used as\norganic fertiliser.<\/p>\n
In other words, almost nothing is wasted.<\/p>\n
Although managed at the community level, the supply of waste\nprocessed at the Cemara Waste Bank comes from many places.<\/p>\n
Not only from local residents\u2019 homes, but they also receive organic\nwaste from markets, restaurants, schools, and even government\nprogrammes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe collect waste from various sources, such as the Koja Market,\nrestaurants, schools, and the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit\n(SPPG),\u201d said Dani.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/how-maggots-are-transforming-a-village-1780590621", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }