PEMBERDAYAAN DESA NUSA INDAH BATI-BATI BERBASIS EKONOMI SIRKULAR MELALUI INTEGRASI PENGELOLAAN LIMBAH DESA-INDUSTRI, TANAMAN OBAT KELUARGA, SERTA SEKTOR TANI DAN TERNAK

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The community service program aimed to develop Nusa Indah Village, Bati-Bati, Tanah Laut Regency, South Kalimantan, through a circular-economy approach integrating village-industrial waste management, the cultivation and downstream processing of family medicinal plants (Tanaman Obat Keluarga/TOGA), and the agriculture-livestock sector. The program was implemented through five stages: initial field mapping and institutional coordination, socialization and occupational health and safety (K3) briefing, technology demonstration and hands-on training, mentoring on rebranding/digital marketing/business legality, and equipment handover with impact evaluation. Interventions included pyrolysis-based conversion of inorganic plastic waste into liquid fuel and ecopave paving blocks, eco-enzyme and liquid organic fertilizer (POC) production from household organic waste, post-harvest standardization and downstream processing of TOGA into HerbaNusa herbal products (herbal tea, lip balm, parfume balm, and herbal soap), and mentoring on PIRT/Halal certification, packaging rebranding, and digital marketing. As of the progress-report stage, program implementation had reached 80%, with pre-test and post-test evaluation showing a meaningful increase in community knowledge and skills from a mean score of 70 to 85. Outputs achieved include seven types of physical (hard) products, digital modules/SOPs, mass-media publications, cinematic documentation videos, an activity poster, and a draft scientific article ready for submission to an accredited national journal. The program is expected to serve as a replicable model for integrated, circular-economy-based rural empowerment that strengthens community independence in waste management and local herbal product commercialization.