JCRS (Journal of Community Research and Service), 6(1), 2022 JCRS (JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE) Vol. 6 No. 1, February 2022 ISSN (print): 2549-1849 ISSN (online): 2549-3434 Available online at https://ejournal.unimed.ac.id/index.php/jcrs/article/view/ http://doi.org/10.33369/... Wasted of Young Coconut Shell and Skins as an Alternative Polybag and Charcoal Bricket 1 Choms Gary Ganda Tua Sibarani, 2 Sondang Aida Silalahi, 3 Nelly Armayanti, 4 Tuti Sriwedari 1,2,3,4 Universitas Negeri Medan 1 gary.sibarani@unimed.ac.id Abstract. The community service activities carried out by the team on this occasion aim to provide several alternative side incomes for young coconut entrepreneurs. Some of the problems partners face in this regard are specifically in: a). Waste of young coconut shells and young coconut shells that are just thrown away and piled up beside/behind the young coconut business; b) the bookkeeping system is still traditional; there are even partners who did not record the books beforehand. Specific targets or solutions expected in this community service area). Partners can process young coconut waste into a new source of income, namely by making used coconut shells into natural and environmentally friendly pots/polybags by planting aglaonema flowers, and b). The scraps of peel and fragments of young coconut shell waste can be used as a fuel substitute for charcoal or briquettes. The service team handed over TTG in the form of closed burning barrels from used barrels for optimal combustion and simple financial training to determine the income from selling young coconuts to partners. Method of Implementation This service is carried out by carrying out the initial approach method, training, and mentoring on how to manufacture the finished product so that the alternative side income can be achieved maximally. The outputs produced in this activity are as follows: a) print and online mass media publications; (b) activity videos uploaded on youtube, and (c) articles in national journals with ISSN online and in print (d) trademarks (billboards/banners) creative designs, social media and also business location points on google maps. Keywords: Shell Young coconut, Polybag, Charcoal Briquettes Article history: Received:22-11-2021; Revised:22-12-2021; Accepted:22-02-2022; Available online: 26-02-2022 How to cite this article: Sibarani, C.G.G.T., Silalahi, S.A., Armavanit N., and Sriwedari, T. (2022) Wasted of Young Coconut Shell and Skins as an Alternative Polybag and Charcoal Bricket . Journal of Community Research and Service,6(1), xxx-xxx. https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.x.x.xxx-xxx 1. Introduction As a country located in the tropics, Indonesia is one of the countries that have the largest coconut tree area in the world. However, the unfortunate thing is that Indonesia has not been able to raise the economic welfare of coconut farmers. In contrast to the Philippines, which only has a land area far below Indonesia's, it is able to earn higher foreign exchange profits than Indonesia. The Philippines' success in earning foreign exchange is fantastic because it has succeeded in diversifying coconuts into many processed products. [1]. The area of coconut plantations in Indonesia in 2005 reached 3.29 million ha, with the number of productive plants reaching 73.6% [2]. Coconut flesh is the main component that can be processed into various derivative products. In the processing, coconuts produce shells which are considered as residual waste. Coconut shell waste, either from coconut processing industries or household consumption, is generally thrown away. Although classified as organic waste, coconut shell waste is not easily decomposed by microorganisms due to its hard nature. In addition, coconut shells have a fairly large weight and size. This resulted in the disposal of coconut shell waste, often buildup. As one of the sub-districts in Medan City, Medan Helvetia District has seven villages, namely Cinta Damai Dwi Kora, Helvetia, Central Helvetia, East Helvetia Sei Sikambing C II, Tanjung Gusta for the road