Plastic waste is an important issue in all countries. Reducing or even prohibiting the plastic usage in daily life has been carried out by several countries to help creating a better environment in the future, but recently it has not been able to significantly reduce the volume of plastic waste worldwide. Recycling is one of the solution to reduce the plastic waste. In Boyolali Indonesia, there is a place known as plastic waste village, where the local people utilize plastic waste to become a source of income for their families through the establishment of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). This paper aims to study how local people run their business in recycling the plastic waste. This research is expected to be able to provide an initial overview of community empowerment within the village scope through small and medium scale of plastic waste recycling industries. From this initial research, it is hoped that further investigations can be made related to material flow analysis, calculation of the costs of each process, improvement of standard operational and procedures, logistics management, and community empowerment through community-based organization.
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