The Effect of Waste Management Training on Entrepreneurship Motivation

This research aimed at finding the effect of waste management training on people’s entrepreneurship motivation. The people’s enterprise motivation in converting waste into bio charcoal, liquid organic fertilizer, and plant growth medium is still shallow due to their lack of knowledge and skill in handling waste. The subject of the research consisted of 30 male and female, married, unemployed and villagers of Gondang Legi and Kepuh. The experimental design used One-Group Pretest-Postest Design. The data analysis technique used Wilcoxon’s nonparametric statistical test. The result of the analysis showed Z = −2�183 and 0.0145 (1-tailed), with p < 0�05, which showed that there was a significant entrepreneurship motivation difference of the people before and after the training of waste management. The training was effective in improving the people’s motivation. Keywords: Entrepreneurship Motivation, Waste Management, Briquet of Charcoal, Liquid Organic Fertilizer, Plant Growin