Infographic as youth education media on the importance of recycling coffee organic waste in Boyolali Regency

Abstract

In addition to producing the main product of coffee beans, coffee plants also produce a significant amount of waste in the form coffee rind. Coffee rind waste has not been widely used and commonly left out on the field. This can becomes environmental pollution that may cause pests and plant diseases. Banyuanyar village in Ampel District, Boyolali Regency, Central Java, is a village where the majority of its residents work as coffee plantation farmers and cattle breeders. In this village, the farmers process the waste from coffee production into cattle fodder and use cattle waste as fertilizer for the coffee plantation, thus creating an environmentally friendly and sustainable farming cycle. To disseminate the information about this practice and to provide communicative and educative messages to broader society, this study designed an infographic as a communication media. This media is expected to introduce Banyuanyar Village and its organic waste recycling system, as well as inspire the broader community to practice recycling and sustainable farming practice.