Empowerment of waste bank in Islam: Case study of Bank Sampah Induk Surabaya (BSIS)

This research aims to describe the role of the Bank Sampah Induk Surabaya (BSIS) for empowering the customers' economy based on the perspective of Islam. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a case study method. The results of the research obtained from the five informants show that there are some increases of fulfilling basic needs, income, independence, amal jariyah, and also the safety and the cleanliness of the environment after they joined as a customer of BSIS. The role of this bank materially is to manage and choose the waste by itself to make economically valuable goods to increase livelihood of the customers. Meanwhile, the non-material role of this bank is the safety and cleanliness of the environment, it becomes a clear impact when it is noticed that the amount of waste decreases. This happens because the society or people start to realise the importance of maintaining and protecting the environment. Furthermore, the more people's income increases, the more amal jariyah increases, as long as they process savings in waste bank.