Sustainable waste management

Eco & Sustainability

Yuyun Ismawati received the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize. Sunday, 28 February 2010

Yuyun Ismawati is a Bali-based environmentalist who received the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize. After four years of working with NGO networks in designing well-coordinated waste management initiatives to assist poor communities, Ms. Ismawati founded her own NGO, Bali Fokus, in June 2000. Her organization has recruited and trained local residents to separate waste into recyclables, compostable and residuals at the village owned waste management facilities.

Since 2004, Ismawati’s “decentralized solution initiative” trains housewives in low-income urban area of Bali and other cities in Indonesia and enlists them as community partners in reducing household waste volume taken to municipal dumpsites. These housewives receive training in waste separation and composting at home using simple household tools. The women sell their compost at local market and craft recyclables into sellable items as income-generating practice in their communities. 500 households have become active participants and Bali Fokus estimates 50% reduction in household waste.

Ismawati’s other projects include SANIMAS and Toxic Free Network. In 2009, Bali Fokus plans to expands their programs to more villages and cities across Indonesia

Website: http://www.goldmanprize.org/2009/islands
Contact: http://www.balifokus.or.id/

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