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| Belirefil by the students of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (Photo : Special) |
The use of plastic is still a significant problem in Indonesia. It is because plastic is a waste that is difficult to decompose. It moved a team of students from the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) to develop innovations to reduce plastic waste.
Hafidhotudzarofah Sekarningtyas, a student from UMM's Psychology study program, explained that in Indonesia, there had been an attempt to reduce the use of plastic through refill stations. However, its use still has many disadvantages, so her team wants to develop better innovations and create new habits with the refill station in Indonesia.
"The innovation we made is called Belirefill, which has ultraviolet light technology and an object detection camera. This tool is a sophisticated, practical, and hygienic refill station in Indonesia," she explained.
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The Belirefill is an automatic refill tool. It is designed for refilling liquid and solid products. According to her, it is rare to have an automated product refill tool for products with solid density, and most refill tools focus on products with liquid density.
It is also provided with an object detection camera that can detect the capacity of the consumer container, thereby reducing errors in the number of products filled and avoiding spillage. In addition, there is an automatic container cleaner which can be used to clean consumer containers and is also equipped with ultraviolet light to kill microorganisms, pathogens and sterilization. This innovation is also equipped with a special application.
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"This application will be able to find out the location of Belirefill, determine the number of products available, what types, transaction history, brand, production code, and expiration date as a preventive action when the label on the packaging has been damaged. Therefore, consumers do not necessarily need to buy plastic packaging products. It is enough to bring their containers from home," she said.
Interestingly, this innovation received funding in PKM 2023 and won 1st place in the PKM KC-KI-VGK category in the PKP 2 PKM Competition of the PTMA Pusat Prestasi Mahasiswa (Puspresma) (trans: Student Achievement Center) for the 2nd Year of 2023. So far, Belirefill has produced a prototype tool that is almost finished, precisely 99% complete. As well as the testing for the system of the device. The application prototype itself has reached the UI/UX design stage.
"Hopefully, this tool will be placed in supermarkets or shops that the wider community can reach. It can reduce the use of plastic in Indonesia and make it easier for people to refill products without being afraid of exceeding capacity," she concluded. (Nov/Wil/Put)
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