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Penyuluhan dan Pelatihan Pembuatan Ecobrick di Desa Pulosaren Sebagai Upaya Pemanfaatan Sampah Plastik

Researchers conducted community outreach and training in Pulosaren Village, Indonesia, teaching residents to make ecobricks — plastic bottles tightly packed with non-recyclable plastic waste — as a practical local strategy to reduce plastic accumulation in the environment.

2023 Jurnal Bina Desa 9 citations
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Utilization of plastic waste using the ecobrick method in Nagari Tanjung

Researchers worked with a community in Indonesia to address waste pollution by introducing the ecobrick method — packing non-recyclable plastics into plastic bottles to create building materials. The project provided an alternative to the community practice of dumping or burning waste near rivers.

2025 Priviet Social Sciences Journal
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Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Limbah Plastik Menjadi Berbagai Kreasi Daur Ulang Bagi Masyarakat Desa Penyak

This Indonesian community program trained residents of the Bangka Belitung Islands to repurpose plastic waste into recycled crafts, reducing the amount of plastic that enters coastal environments and eventually breaks down into microplastics. Community-based plastic waste management is an important grassroots strategy for reducing marine microplastic pollution.

2021 Journal of Approriate Technology for Community Services 5 citations
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Pencegahan Pencemaran Lingkungan dari Limbah Plastik dengan Pelatihan Pembuatan Ecobrick

Researchers describe an ecobrick training program conducted at SMP Negeri 1 Sangasanga, an Adiwiyata school in Indonesia, aimed at reducing plastic waste pollution by teaching students to compact non-recyclable plastics into reusable building modules. The intervention sought to raise environmental awareness and integrate sustainable plastic waste management into school activities.

2024 ABDIKU Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Universitas Mulawarman
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Pemberdayaan masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sampah plastik bernilai jual

This paper (in Indonesian) describes a community empowerment program in a village in East Java helping residents manage and find economic value in plastic waste. The program is a grassroots approach to reducing plastic pollution by turning waste into a resource.

2020 Journal Community Development and Society 1 citations
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Ecobrick: Fostering Sustainable Environmental Awareness in Tanjung Baru Village Community

Researchers conducted a community service project in Tanjung Baru Village, South Lampung, using ecobrick training workshops to foster sustainable environmental awareness, progressing through social mapping, problem identification, outreach, hands-on practice, and evaluation stages.

2024 Smart Society Community Service and Empowerment Journal
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Pemberdayaan Masyarakat dalam Memproduksi Paving Block dari Sampah Plastik di Desa Puspasari, Kecamatan Citeureup, Kabupaten Bogor

Despite its title referencing plastic waste, this paper is written in Indonesian and describes a community empowerment program in a village in Bogor Regency, Indonesia, where residents were trained to convert plastic waste into paving blocks. It is a local environmental education and community development study rather than a microplastics research paper, and its findings are not directly relevant to microplastic pollution or human health.

2025 Jurnal Abdimas Kartika Wijayakusuma 1 citations
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Peningkatan Kesadaran Masyarakat Pesisir Pangandaran dalam Menangani Dampak Sampah di Lingkungan Pesisir

This Indonesian community engagement study aimed to raise awareness among coastal residents of Pangandaran about the impacts of plastic waste pollution on marine environments. Community education and behavior change are essential components of reducing the plastic waste that degrades into microplastics.

2021 Farmers Journal of Community Services 8 citations
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A Training on Ecobrick Making at the Community Information and Counseling Center for Youth Bukit Gado-Gado Padang

This community training report describes an ecobrick-making program at a hilltop tourism site in Padang, Indonesia, teaching residents to pack non-recyclable plastic waste into bottles to divert it from the environment. The project is a low-cost, community-led approach to managing plastic waste in areas lacking formal collection infrastructure.

2023 Pelita Eksakta
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Improving residential plastic waste management strategies for increasing value added to environmental sustainability

Researchers surveyed community awareness and behavior regarding plastic waste management in an Indonesian village, identifying gaps between knowledge and practice. Improving community engagement with proper plastic waste disposal is essential for reducing the plastic entering waterways and eventually becoming microplastics.

2023 E3S Web of Conferences
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Optimalisasi Peran Masyarakat dalam Mencegah Kasus Pencemaran Lingkungan Hidup di DAS Meninting Desa Midang

This Indonesian community engagement report describes efforts to educate residents of Midang Village about proper household waste management to reduce microplastic contamination in the Meninting River Basin. The program used lectures and discussions to build community knowledge about environmental regulations and sustainable waste practices.

2023 ABDISOSHUM Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Bidang Sosial dan Humaniora
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Efforts to Increase Public Awareness About Microplastic Hazards in Communities at the Coastal Beach of Padang

Community outreach activities in Padang, Indonesia, aimed to raise public awareness about the hazards of microplastics, particularly at coastal beaches where plastic waste accumulates. The study documents how environmental education programs can build local capacity for addressing plastic pollution.

2023 Jurnal Pengabdian Ilmu Kesehatan (JPIK)
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Edukasi Lingkungan untuk Penanggulangan Sampah Anorganik dan Mikroplastik di Dusun Krajan Kabupaten Banyuwangi

Researchers delivered environmental education interventions to residents of Dusun Krajan, Banyuwangi Regency, Indonesia, to address low awareness and poor management of inorganic waste and microplastics at the household level. The programme aimed to increase community knowledge of the environmental impacts of plastic pollution and promote behavioural change in waste handling practices.

2025 Jurnal Pengabdian Perikanan dan Kelautan Piskarias Ministerium
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Eco-Bricks: A Sustainable Solution for Plastic Waste Management of National Service Scheme Initiatives”

This article examines the use of eco-bricks — plastic bottles packed with non-recyclable plastic waste — as a sustainable plastic waste management strategy through a National Service Scheme initiative at a school that has already constructed benches from eco-bricks filled with approximately 300-400 grams of plastic each. The study evaluates the transformative potential of this community-based approach for reducing plastic pollution.

2025 International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
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Eco-Bricks from Plastic Waste: Toward Ensuring a Sustainable Circular Green Economy

This study proposes ecobricks — plastic bottles densely packed with used plastic waste — as a low-cost circular economy approach for plastic waste management that reduces microplastic generation by preventing plastic from degrading in the open environment.

2024 Apple Academic Press eBooks
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Empowering Local Communities to Help Solve Plastic Waste Through Education and Recycling Solution

This community service program used education and practical recycling activities to raise awareness of plastic pollution among communities near a school in Solo, Indonesia. Community-based education and recycling programs are key tools for reducing the plastic waste that becomes microplastics in local waterways and soils.

2023 DEDIKASI Community Service Reports
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Ecobrick is Reviewed as the Source of Learning, Creativity, and Environmental Care Attitude

Researchers found that using ecobricks — plastic bottles packed tightly with non-recyclable waste — as a hands-on learning resource significantly improved Indonesian students' creativity scores and environmental awareness, offering a dual benefit of waste reduction and education.

2023 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research 1 citations
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Ekologi Integral dalam Tangan Warga: Ecobrick Furniture sebagai Refleksi Laudato Si’ di Padukuhan Keruk III

Not relevant to microplastics — this paper, despite its title referencing plastic waste, describes a mobile app development project for digitizing population records in an Indonesian village; its abstract has no meaningful connection to microplastic or environmental research.

2026 Jurnal Atma Inovasia
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Empowering Communities Through Health Education: Raising Awareness On Microplastic Pollution And Prevention In Malang

This study developed a health education intervention on microplastic risks, delivering it to community members and assessing pre- and post-test knowledge gains, finding that targeted awareness campaigns significantly improved understanding of plastic pollution pathways and health effects.

2025 ABDIMAS Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat
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Plastic waste micro-management towards innovative sustainable living in inspiring art practice

This paper is not directly about microplastic science; it describes a participatory art project in a Malaysian village where artists and communities collaborated to manage plastic waste and raise awareness about plastic pollution through sustainable art practices.

2023 International Journal of Asian Social Science 1 citations
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Pelatihan Daur Ulang Sampah Botol Plastik Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Pengelolaan Sampah Dan Kreativitas

Researchers conducted plastic bottle recycling training for elementary school students in Indonesia to increase knowledge of plastic waste management and develop creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program successfully improved participants' understanding of recycling practices and was supported by parental involvement and strong participant motivation.

2022 Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat - PIMAS 10 citations
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Behavior of coastal communities in dealing with microplastic pollution in salt ponds in Cirebon Regency

Researchers analyzed the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of coastal communities in Cirebon Regency, Indonesia regarding microplastic pollution in salt ponds, assessing correlations between community awareness and domestic plastic waste management practices.

2024 Journal of Character and Environment
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Upaya Peningkatan Kesadaran Masyarakat untuk Konservasi Sungai

This paper is not primarily about microplastics; it is an Indonesian community outreach report about river conservation awareness and household waste management near the Brantas River, with only brief mention of plastic recycling.

2023 Jurnal Pengabdian Perikanan dan Kelautan Piskarias Ministerium
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Socialization and Training on the Utilization of Plastic Waste as a Mixture in the Making of Paving Blocks

This community service report describes a socialization and practical training program in Indonesia teaching participants to incorporate shredded plastic waste measuring 0.1-2 cm as a mixture in paving block production. The dual-phase program improved knowledge and skills within the Waste Care Community (MALISA) and is intended to support future small and medium enterprise development based on plastic waste processing.

2025 Asian Journal of Community Services