Design of garbage picking up tool at mangrove ecopark in North Jakarta

Abstract

Well managed visitor destination is an important key to pursuing sustainability in tourism. There are several issues to achieve the goals, and one of the important things is sanitation. It is vital to equip the maintenance facility team with a tool to help their duty well. In this research, a waste grabber in Mangrove Eco-park is designed for that purpose. The problem was found is the distance from visitor's bridge to the ground that makes cleaning staff difficult to reach and pick the garbage. To collect the discarded item, they need to step down the bridge which takes more than 3 minutes and it is not convenient because of the wet swamp. This research uses 4-phase product design which 3 alternative concepts are designed in the form of picking up tools and 2 prototypes that had gone through the evaluation phase until later become a finished product. It has features to hold 250 cm picker in steady position by placing it on the fence of the bridge. Due to its length, storing and carrying the device becomes another issue. These problems can be solved by creating a folding mechanism. Evaluation is conducted by the janitor after they test the product and fill out the questionnaire. From the questionnaire, the performance value of the tools is measured in function, with the value of the grabber tools performance rating is 4.3 which is high because of having good waste capture and easy to use.