Compost-Based Activated Carbon

Analysis as a Filter of Waste-Washing

Wastewater Treatment in CompostAdsorption Reactor

by
Fajri M. Iresha
Universitas Islam Indonesia
fajri.resha@gmail.com

Sunartriasih

Z.A. Syahidah

Environmental Engineering Study Program

Universitas Indonesia
nartri.itd@gmail.com

Ministry of Public Work and Housing

of Indonesian Republic
zahraauliasyahidah@yahoo.co.id

G.M.I. Afiata

A. Fauzan

Environmental Engineering Study Program

Universitas Indonesia
ghanismahdiana@gmail.com

Environmental Engineering Study Program

Universitas Indonesia
afauzan3363@gmail.com

LETS START THE

PRESENTATION

There is a gap
between research
and public daily
activity

Up to
1.500.000

Peer-reviewed articles are published

annually

82%

in social research are rejected

Only 10 people

In average that have read in each

article
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OVERVIEW

INDONESIA TRENDS AND CULTURAL

BEHAVIOR

250 billion people produce

waste in their daily life
Only few people in the big
cities that know to sort their
waste
The landfill area is decreasing
and the demand of people
using material is greatly
increasing

JAKARTA

DEPOK

Informal
Sector

Inorganic

Collecting

Inorganic

Transporting

Dumping

Waste-Wash Waste
Water Treatment
Informal
Sector

Inorganic

Inorganic

Sorting

Compost

Collecting

Transporting

Organic

Treatment

Disposal

INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW
TOTAL

Mix Waste

ZERO

WASTE

LANDFIL
L

MUNICIPAL
SOLID
WASTE
IN DEPOK

ORGANIC
WASTE

INORGANIC
WASTE

RECYCLE

COMPOSTING

REUSE

COMPOS
T

3
TREATE

D
WATER

INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW
Material
Organic

Category of Material (major

examples)
Degradable (food waste, yard
waste, toilet paper, cardboard,
etc.)

Treatment

Requirement Production

Composting
process

Composting
basin, water

Compost

Leachate

Reusable (plastic, iron and

ribbon-made material, etc.)

Cleaning,
repairing, crafting

water, tools,
paint, etc.

New
goods

Wastewashing
Wastewater
(3W)

Recyclable (plastic, iron-made

material, etc.)

Washing,
shredding,
recycling

water, waste
shredder

Inorganic

By-product
generation

Compost is
carbonaceous
material
Compost is more
thermally stable
(Tsui Lo, 2007)
COMPOST CAN BE
ACTIVATED
CHEMICALLY to be
made ACTIVATED
CARBON

WasteShredded
washing
materials Wastewater
(3W)

Government
obligation and
prioritization to
treat organic waste
in UPS

More compost
produced that leads
to compost
excessive (UPS
Merdeka)

Harmful to
environme
nt, due to
toxicity
potentials

The
Methodolog
y

METHODS
Activated
1. Enough compost was
prepared and set in
house-hold oven until
the char made

Carbon
Compost

Technical CaCl2

Distilled water

Metal can and

spoon

Oven (up to 500o

C)

1L beaker glass

CBAC Reactor

600 mL
usedbottles

EN
IM
R
E
P
S
EX
P
E
T
S

2. 250 gr CaCl2 and 750

mL distilled were
prepared and mixed
into a 1L Beaker glass
3.

25% CaCl2 was

poured into compost
chars for 24 hours

4. The activated compost

was dried in oven until
dried out
5. Compost based
activated carbon was
ready to set out
3

RESULTS
AND
DICUSSION

RESULTS

(a)

(b)

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION

(a)
(b)
Comparison for visual turbidity of
samples; (a) AC reactor, and (b)
Waste-washing wastewater (3W)

1.

Maximising all
function of waste
processes for
organic and
inorganic waste

2.

Reducing more
energy used for
conventional
carbon active
making (only 200
to 250C)

3.

Combating
harmful
contaminants in
the environment

4.

Decreasing the
use of clean
groundwater

7
Waste-washing and grinding process in MRF
Zero Waste

DISCUSSION

1. Encourage more household persons to sort

waste according to its category
2. Expand the research to find more effective
way to create activated carbon by
sustainable way from sustainable precursor
3.

empowering the country to manage the

sustainable waste management due to total
zero waste

CONCLUSIONS

Compost can utilized as precursor for activated

carbon.
Although the compost adsorption performance
indicates a significant removal of visual-turbidity
and phosphate content, it cannot be directly
proven whether the removal is due to the
significant work of Compost Adsorption filters or
not. It still further research

Next Project

Compos
t as
Activate
d
Carbon
for 3W

Compost
as
Activate
d Carbon
for
leachate
treatmen
t
The
comparati
on and
combinati
on

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Thank you

Any questions?
You can find me at:
fajri.resha@gmail.com
or
fajri.mulya@uii.ac.id

RESULTS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION