INCREASING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF RECLAIMEDWOOD AND WASTEDWOOD THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A REAL OF ETHICAL BUSSINESS

Abstract

Kadipiro is a village in District Banjarsari, Surakarta. Along Solo-Purwodadi road is
part of Kadipiro, along the road, there are more than fifty SMEs (Small and Medium
Enterprises) that cultivate raw material of teak. Every day, a lot of wasted wood is
generated from their production process. So far the wasted wood is just dumped into
firewood for individuals or SMEs that need firewood such as tofu SMEs, crackers
SMEs, etc. It is of course very unfortunate, moreover teak is a kind of wood with a very
good quality. By looking at the environment and its resources, actually the wasted wood
can become a commodity that has high competitiveness with people creativity and
innovation. Jati Lawas Alto Solo SME is a creative SMEs that produce sills, doors,
furniture, gazebo and wooden house with reclaimed wood of former house, former
timber of ships as their raw materials. In terms of raw materials, this SME is
environmentally friendly SME. Karang Taruna (Youth organization), MMIB, see selfemployment
opportunities of those much wasted wood. Those wasted woods are used
as raw material for their production. However, the limitations of the equipment and
management make the uptake of raw material from wasted wood that is utilized as a
creative product is still low. Research and Implementation Team of Universitas Slamet
Riyadi (UNISRI), Jati Lawas Alto Solo SME and Group Organization MMIB initiate
the utilization of wasted wood into raw material resource for making creative products
and make it more optimized. By the development of these entrepreneurs, there are
several advantages obtained by the use of wasted wood into creative competitive
product, which will increase the economic value of wasted wood, processing wasted
wood will reduce the impact of the use of wood in which the supply of wood is
decreasing due to rare of wood. Utilization of wasted wood as a raw material creates
ethical business because trough this business we preserve the nature, not illegally taking
natural resources that increasingly scarce and taking a long time to restore it. Another
advantage is to expand employment opportunities and economy improvement will
occur. The development of these entrepreneurs will produce a creative competitive
product which would strongly support the creative economy development program
promoted by the Government of Indonesia.
Keywords: Reclaimed Wood, Wasted Wood, Entrepreneur, Ethical Business