Bandung Regency, IDN Times - Garbage is a serious problem that is still happening, not only in Indonesia but also in almost several countries in the world.Unfortunately, the problem of waste is sometimes not proportional to the amount of waste that continues to grow with public awareness to reduce it.Let alone to reduce, how to dispose of garbage in its place is sometimes still as difficult to do.One type of waste that is often considered a trivial problem is diapers or disposable diapers, because it takes 100 years to decompose.However, in the hands of Pandi Mulyana, a father of three who was born in Bandung, January 2, 1984, he considered the diapers to be scattered diamonds to be used as creative media in making paintings, flower vases, and bonsai replicas.When IDN Times visited his house, which is located in Babakan Asta Village, RT 02 RW 11, Rancaekek Wetan Village, Rancaekek District, Bandung Regency, on Tuesday (24/5/2012), Pandi enthusiastically showed the details of how the initial process of making it could be a beautiful work resulting from the expertise of his hands, And now anyone who visits the place will certainly not think that the origin of the creative media for natural nuance painting is made from diaper waste that used to hold human feces.Pandi said, at first he chose trash as a creative medium for painting because on Jalan Walini, Raecaekek District, Bandung Regency, which was not far from his house in 2018, it was filled with garbage due to people throwing garbage in an inappropriate manner.In addition, according to him, there is the construction of a modern market which makes the land where the waste disposal site can no longer be used by the community."We were originally inspired by Jalan Walini, which in 2018 experienced a fairly severe buildup of garbage. I was thinking how the garbage on the road could run out but I didn't want it to just be transported by a garbage truck, the reason being that if it was transported by a garbage truck, it was only moved to another place, that's not a solution, but only move the problem," said Pandi when met by IDN Times, Tuesday (24/5/2022).Working in environmental issues, he admits that he has many ups and downs, even Pandi admits that before his painting works, like when, he was considered by the people of Rancaekek as crazy, considered irresponsible, and had wanted to be reported to the authorities after cleaning up trash on the side of the road. Street.Then how is the continuation of the story of Pandi Mulayana, who always dreams of a clean and beautiful environment through his paintings, the following is a summary of the IDN Times:Before Pandi took up painting as he is today, in early 2019 he worked on making flower vases with raw materials that were diapers on the advice of a lecturer at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).But how to start, Pandi admitted that he was self-taught, even had time to not sleep for two days to achieve the results he wanted."In early 2019, an ITB lecturer told me that pampers waste could be used as a flower pot or vase. sleep to find my own way, as a result I was able to create it, “said Pandi.Actually, it is not easy to get maximum results according to him, with limited experience and knowledge in the art world he admitted that he had several times failed in the process of processing diapers waste into a work of art.“Perhaps because I was impatient in the manufacturing process, I finally failed.But it was precisely from that failure that actually led me to know how to make it successful,” said Pandi.After successfully making flower vases, Pandi finally ventured into the world of painting by choosing diapers as a creative medium, at first he only thought it was simple so that the flower vase could be combined with pictures to have a more beautiful touch."I was able to draw this from one year back or in 2019, because the initial demands for making a flower vase like this would be more beautiful when combined with pictures," said Pandi.As for the time of the process of making the atu kaya itself, he admits that it varies, the average time spent can be up to one to three days, because it really depends on weather conditions.As for the diaper waste that he has spent to become a work of art, at least from 2019 until now there is more than 1 ton of diaper waste."One work itself in terms of the time of manufacture varies, there can be one day or more, depending on the weather because the longest is the drying process, the media uses cement," said Pandi.It is not surprising that now he has received various certificates of appreciation, starting from the results of appreciation for his concern for the environment, to being asked to become a presenter at universities to inspire students, and of course having been invited by the government to receive appreciation.There was one incident when someone gave a one tonne return diaper which was still suitable for use, but I distributed it first to the community so that it was used first, then after it was used and turned into garbage, I took it back.Pandi revealed, his struggle to be able to mobilize community care activities for the environment of course there are joys and sorrows, "Before I made this work in Rancaekek it was viral crazy, considered irresponsible, and even wanted to be imprisoned after cleaning up trash on the side of the road, "said Pandi.However, this actually made him even more excited to focus on caring about environmental issues around him, and proved his crazy suspicions against him by going crazy over environmental management criticism, especially diapers waste through the various works he created.are you old enough yet?