LRB Technology Airs at RRI
Environmental damage has now become a concern among many people. Still fresh in our minds is floods everywhere, not just in the Capital Region (DKI) of Jakarta, but also in other parts of Indonesia.
Besides the flood, the emerging issue is rubbish. The Provincial government of Capital Jakarta has recently experienced the lack of a fleet to dispose the accumulating waste. Waste has been the source of public complaints because of its bad smell.
It is Ir. Kamir R.Brata, MSc, an environmental activist, also a researcher of the Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB, who has a great concern over the environmental damage at this time. His concern was expressed when asked as a resource person in the program "IPB Experts in the Rural Broadcast of RRI Bogor, on 93.75 FM", Tuesday (25/2. He invites and inspires people to make Lubang Resapan Biopori (LRB), or absorbent holes in the soil a simple technology that is very useful in flood control.
To make these holes is by drilling the soil with the diameter of 10 cm with a maximum depth of 100 cm.
"The method is actually quite easy; what is important is that you want to do it. Of course this should be with the help of a drill specifically designed to facilitate the making," he said.
LRB drill is now widely made ??and sold to the general public. If you find it difficult to get a drill, you can buy it from the Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB or directly from Ir. Kamir R. Brata, MSc with his mobile number: 08158866531. Currently an LRB drill can be purchased at a price of Rp. 175.000.
"If my call and recommendation are put into practice by a lot of people, with God willing, this will be able to reduce flooding and improve the quality of the environment," he said. Further, Ir. Kamir added, LRB facilitates waste management with 3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle) in the spot closest to the source, so they can avoid the piles of rubbish and does not require transportation and disposal elsewhere. (Mtd)
