Life Cycle Assessment Produk MaggoPlast-Gel

Abstract

MaggoPlast-Gel merupakan plester liquid pertama di Indonesia yang dikembangkan dari minyak maggot Black Soldier Fly (BSF) dan ekstrak batang brotowali sebagai bahan aktif alami. Penelitian ini bertujuan menilai siklus hidup produk menggunakan metode Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) dengan pendekatan gate to gate berdasarkan standar ISO 14040, meliputi tahap goal and scope definition, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA), dan Interpretation. Data diperoleh melalui observasi laboratorium, wawancara, serta literatur dan database OpenLCA. Hasil LCIA menunjukkan bahwa produksi satu botol MaggoPlast-Gel (5 mL) menghasilkan emisi 0,506 kg CO2-eq, dengan kontributor terbesar berasal dari penggunaan listrik (67,2%), diikuti oleh emisi etanol (19,8%) dan bahan tambahan sintetis. Temuan ini menegaskan bahwa meskipun bahan aktif alami berdampak rendah terhadap lingkungan, proses produksi masih memberikan kontribusi signifikan terhadap emisi karbon, sehingga diperlukan perbaikan melalui pemanfaatan energi terbarukan, substitusi bahan kimia yang lebih ramah lingkungan, dan efisiensi penggunaan etanol.

MaggoPlast-Gel is the first liquid plaster in Indonesia, formulated with Black Soldier Fly (BSF) oil and Tinospora crispa extract as natural active ingredients. This study aims to assess the product’s life cycle using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method with a gate to gate approach based on ISO 14040, covering goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory (LCI), life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), and interpretation. Data were collected from laboratory observations, interviews, literature, and OpenLCA databases. The LCIA results using indicate that producing one 5 mL bottle of MaggoPlast-Gel generates approximately 0.506 kg CO2-eq, with the largest contribution from electricity use (67.2%), followed by ethanol evaporation (19.8%) and synthetic additives. These findings highlight that although natural active ingredients have relatively low impacts, the production process still significantly contributes to carbon emissions, requiring improvements such as renewable energy adoption, substitution of petrochemical-based additives, and optimization of ethanol use efficiency.