RECYCLING WASTE INTO AROMATHERAPY CANDLES TO REMOVE DENGUE FEVER MOSQUITOES IN KARTASURA OCCUMENEOUS PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The problem of waste, especially used cooking oil, is that if it is thrown away it will cause environmental pollution and if it is used for the cooking process it will have an impact on human health. Therefore, used cooking oil must be processed so that it becomes an item that has high economic value and does not pollute the environment, let alone cause human health problems. With the above problems, lecturers and students of the Environmental Engineering Study Program, Solo Christian Technology University, carry out community outreach in the form of counseling to the Mothers of the Bible study group at the Ecumenical Protestant Christian Church. Counseling to provide skills in making aromatherapy candles to repel dengue mosquitoes. The implementation method used is a direct face-to-face demonstration and training in making aromatherapy candles as well as a question and answer discussion. The result of this community service activity is that mothers have the expertise to make aromatherapy candles and sell them online, thereby providing additional income.

Keywords: Recycling, trash, Aromatherapy candles