RM.id Rakyat Merdeka – University Trisakti is implementing a community empowerment program through the “Community Service Program with BIMA funding in 2026 from the Directorate of Research and Community Service, Directorate General of Research and Development, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology”, at the Mutiara Sentosa Depok Earth Recycling Association, Pasir Putih Village, Sawangan District, Depok City, West Java. This program is implemented in stages from May to November 2026 through socialization activities, application of appropriate technology, training, mentoring, monitoring, and evaluation to build a sustainable organic waste management system. The program entitled “Empowerment of the Mutiara Sentosa Depok Earth Recycling Association through Innovation of Sustainable Maggot and Catfish Cultivation Systems to Support a Circular Economy” is chaired by Ratna Mira Yojana, with members Catur Rahayu Martiningtiyas, Elfira Febriani Harahap, and Muhammad Farhan. This program also involved two students from the Faculty of Industrial Technology, University Trisakti , namely Rysma Yuliana and Timotius Yonatan. Both played an active role in socialization, training, mentoring, documentation, and monitoring and evaluation activities as part of the implementation of off-campus learning. This program was motivated by the still suboptimal management of organic waste at the community level. Although the Mutiara Sentosa Depok Earth Recycling Association has developed maggot cultivation as an effort to reduce household organic waste, various obstacles are still faced. These include low community participation, limited supporting facilities, low added value of maggots, and the lack of integration of maggot and catfish cultivation in one sustainable system. Responding to these conditions, the University Trisakti Community Service Team developed a circular economy-based organic waste management system that integrates household waste sorting, maggot cultivation, the use of maggots as catfish feed, and assistance in the management and marketing of cultivated products. During the program implementation period, the Community Service Team carried out various activities. Starting from socialization and Focus Group Discussions (FGD), provision of appropriate technology in the form of maggot cultivation boxes, organic waste sorting containers, maggot drying machines, construction of catfish cultivation ponds, to training and mentoring for the community. The peak of the training activities was held on August 1–2, 2026, including training on maggot-based organic waste sorting, catfish cultivation with maggot feed, application of appropriate technology, and operational mentoring of the integrated cultivation system. This activity also presented practitioners in the field of catfish cultivation and waste management as resource persons to strengthen community capacity. The Head of the Community Service Team, Ratna Mira Yojana, explained that this program is an implementation of the results of University Trisakti research and community service in the field of circular economy-based waste management that is applied directly to the community. “Through this program, we want to demonstrate that organic waste is no longer an environmental burden, but can be processed into a resource that provides economic value. By integrating waste sorting, maggot cultivation, catfish cultivation, and marketing assistance, we hope the community will be able to build an independent and sustainable waste management system,” he said, in a statement received by the editors, Monday (3/8/2026). In addition to improving community knowledge and skills, this program is also expected to increase the amount of processed organic waste, strengthen community participation, increase the added value of maggot cultivation results, and build a circular economy-based waste management model that can be replicated in other residential areas. Community Service activities do not stop at the training stage. Until November 2026, the University Trisakti Team will continue to provide operational assistance, monitoring, and evaluation with partners to ensure that the technology that has been implemented can be utilized optimally and is able to support the sustainability of the community-based organic waste management system. Through collaboration between universities, practitioners, government, and the community, University Trisakti BIMA Grant Program is expected to become an example of the implementation of appropriate technology that not only contributes to reducing organic waste generation but also opens up new economic opportunities for the community through the application of circular economy principles. Source quoted from: https://rm.id/baca-berita/education/320186/dukung-ekonomi-sirkular-University-trisakti-kembangkan-sistem-budidaya-maggot-dan-lele-di-depok