COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION THROUGH PROCESSING OF TERASI (DRIED SHRIMP PASTE) WASTE INTO ORGANIC LIQUID FERTILIZER

BACKGROUND : Community empowerment is a systematic action and involves various formal and informal organizational components in the community. Community empowerment must be based on the assumption, that the community is the owner of the authority that determines the needs and strategies to achieve those needs.SUBJECT AND METHODE : The KKN-PPM (Kuliah Kerja Nyata-Pembelajaran Pemberdayaan Masyarakat) activity involves the entire community to reduce pollution from dried shrimp paste by processing it into fertilizer which can improve the welfare of the Puger Kulon community. The manufacturing process of liquid organic fertilizer using the method of fermentation technology by bio activators/decomposer agents Effective Microorganism 4 (EM4) which aims to accelerate the formation of liquid fertilizer from dried shrimp paste waste.RESULTS : Providing alternative solutions to reduce pollution of dried shrimp paste by processing it into fertilizer that can improve the welfare of the Puger Kulon community.CONCLUSION : This program is able to reduce the impact of environmental pollution by processing dried shrimp paste waste into an organic liquid fertilizer that both can be produced by the community itself and used to support natural greening program.