Boboiboy Animation Episode, Care of the Earth: Managing Solid Waste with the 3R Method

Abstract

The increasing volume of domestic solid waste needs a sustainable solution to avoid complex environmental issues. The 3R practice of reuse, reduce, and recycle is said to be one of the efforts taken to educate the community on how to manage residential solid waste. A practice that wants to be cultured in the community must begin as early as childhood. As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. The application of environmental care practices to the younger generation can be implemented in the form of entertainment by inserting animation which attracts children’s attention. This study analyses solid waste management with the 3R method featured in Boboiboy animation. There are three episodes of Boboiboy’s animation of “Jagalah Bumi” used as the main study text (episodes 21, 22, and 23). Based on this analysis, it was found that this animation have successfully highlighted the 3R concept in three episodes of "Jagalah Bumi" including showing how the does solid waste management process is carried out at the landfill. The explanation of this method was successfully presented clearly and easily understood by the audience. This is able to influence and leave an impression on the audience indirectly.