FROM WASTE: A multi-purpose basket produced by husband and wife team Tutuk and Heri.Utilizing building factory waste.
PROBOLINGGO, TADATODAYS.COM - Building factory waste can be recycled into useful items for household needs.Husband and wife team Heri and Tutuk, use building factory waste into multi-purpose baskets.From this multi-purpose basket, the Heri-Tutuk couple earns a fortune of rupiah. Label Printer Paper Rolls
This couple from Jalan Cangkring, Kanigaran District, Probolinggo City uses strapping bands or ropes which are used to tie light bricks into baskets.Various sizes of baskets are woven to form tubes with different diameters.
In one day, Heri can make three to five baskets.Prices differ for each size.The lowest basket price is IDR 20 thousand.
Making multi-purpose baskets is done manually.There are only mall tools to form basket sizes.“If the work is done manually, use your hands."But use a mall, so the basket can be shaped," said Tutuk when met on Sunday (11/6/2023).
Tutuk said that initially she had no intention of selling the baskets her husband had made.Her husband made a basket from building factory waste to use as a place for things scattered around the house.
Apparently, the basket attracted the attention of guests who came to their house.Guests who come also want this multi-purpose basket.Heri and Tutuk started accepting orders for multi-purpose baskets and have been promoting them directly and online to date.
Heri and Tutuk's multipurpose basket business is not their main job.Heri is a worker in a building factory.Meanwhile, Tutuk is a worker at a food stall.
Used strapping bands from the building factory where Heri worked were deliberately purchased to be recycled into multi-purpose baskets.One time, Heri bought a quintal of strapping band rope."This rope came from your father's building factory.My father works in a building factory."So, we bought the rest of the rope that was made to tie light bricks," explained Tutuk.
Black Packaging Tape According to Tutuk, for every one kilogram of basket-shaped strapping band, you can reap a profit of IDR 250 thousand."If the gross turnover per week can reach 1 million."But it doesn't have to be, because the calculation is per kilogram," he said.(nkm/why)