Reducing Environmental Pollution Due to the Use of Soap for Cleaning Ships by Using Innovation-Based Products Waste Lemons

Abstract

Strict provisions in the MARPOL rules require every ship to neutralize any liquid that will be disposed of overboard in advance, forcing shipping business actors to provide an extra budget in order to comply with these regulations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the processing of lemon fruit waste to resolve the impact of ship cleaning soap waste, which is very dangerous because it contains chemicals that are deadly to life in the marine environment. With these environmentally friendly natural ingredients, it is hoped that it will create innovative products for ship care washing soap that are environmentally friendly and safe for life around the coast and the sea, which can be utilized by both ships owned by shipping companies and ships owned by coastal fishing communities. Around the harbor. The method used in this writing is descriptive qualitative, while the data collection method uses observation and literature study. Based on the data collection method, lime is one of the herbal plants that contains high citric acid, which can be used as a basic ingredient for making ship cleaning soap. It is this lemon that will be developed into an innovative product to anticipate seawater pollution waste, which results from ship washing.