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Bananas have a lot of benefits for our health. It can help us restore normal bowel function when we are constipated. Bananas are also high in potassium, yet low in sodium, which is perfect for preventing high blood pressure. Besides those health benefits, did you know that bananas can also be a source of cardboard?
INTRODUCTION
Banana (Musa sp.) is one of the most common and widely grown fruit crops in the Philippines. It is also one of the countrys major dollar earners, and banana has consistently ranked next to coconut oil and prawns in terms of value earning during the last five years. In 1993, banana topped local production of other major fruits such as pineapple and mango. Banana has many uses. The ripe fruit is pureed, candied, and preserved in various forms when not eaten fresh. Its extract is used in the manufacture of catsup, vinegar, and wine. The unripe fruit is powdered and chipped. Among the more popular varieties are the Bungulan, Lacatan, Latundan, Saba, and Cavendish. In rural areas, the young leaves are pounded and applied to injuries to suppress bleeding. The leaves are also used widely as packing materials for fruits and vegetables in market centers. Banana fiber is woven into rope, and mat. Sheets of paper and paper boards are also made from banana peel. Banana blossom is exported dried and usually added to meat recipes.
OBJECTIVES
Develop an environment-friendly, safe and useful particle board. To lessen the insects caused by left peelings of bananas. Serves as an alternative in schools and offices. To endorse a product at an affordable price. To lessen expenses on expensive bulletin boards.
HYPOTHESIS
Banana peelings as an alternative material of a particle board are useful and 100% effective. The particle board made up of banana peelings and torn papers cannot be easily broken. Banana peelings are more effective than other substitute raw material.
boards are becoming less ubiquitous, however they remain a mainstay in offices and many homes throughout the world. Modern plywood, as an alternative to natural wood, was invented in the 19th century, but by the end of the 1940s a shortage of lumber made it difficult to manufacture plywood affordably. Particleboard was intended to be a replacement. Its inventor was Max Himmelheber of Germany. The first commercial piece was produced during World War II at a factory in Bremen, Germany. It used waste material such as planer shavings, offcuts or sawdust, hammer-milled into chips, and bound together with a phenolic resin. Hammer-milling involves smashing material into smaller and smaller pieces until they pass out through a screen. Most other early particleboard manufacturers used similar processes, though often with slightly different resins. It was found that better strength, appearance and resin economy could be achieved by using more uniform, manufactured chips. Manufacturers began processing solid birch, beech, alder, pine and spruce into consistent chips and flakes. These finer layers were then placed on the outsides of the board, with the central section composed of coarser, cheaper chips. This type of board is known as three-layer particleboard. More recently, graded-density particleboard has also evolved. It contains particles that gradually become smaller as they get closer to the surface.
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Variety of Bananas
Banana is native to Southeast Asia where the climate is warm and humid. Of the 57 banana cultivars, the following are the most common in the Philippines: SABA grows to as tall as 20 feet; fruit is angular; has thick peel that is green when unripe, yellow when ripe; flesh is white when ripe; gestation period is 15 to 16 months. LAKATAN grows to a height of five to nine feet; fruit is rounding, seedless; has thick peel that is green when unripe, yellow-orange when ripe; gestation period is 14 to 15 months. LATUNDAN grows from six to 10 feet tall: fruit is round; has thin peel that is green when unripe, yellow when ripe; flesh is white when ripe; gestation period is 12 months. BANGULAN fruit is round, very sweet, seedless, and easily rots; has thick peel that is green when unripe and remains green when ripe; flesh is white when ripe; gestation period is 12 months. CAVENDISH reaches five to 10 feet high; fruit is bigger than Bungulan; peel is green when unripe, yellow when ripe; flesh is yellow when ripe; export quality; gestation period is six to eight months.
METHODOLOGY
A. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS: 200 grams banana peelings 100 grams torn papers 100 grams cornstarch molder (20 cm x 9 cm) fork clean-clean basin water B. PROCEDURES 1. Prepare all the materials. 2. Boil the banana peelings for 20 minutes. 3. Scrape the fiber of the boiled banana peelings with the use of a fork. 4. Soak torn papers into the water for 2 minutes. 5. Place the soaked paper in a clean basin together with the banana peelings. 6. Mix the cornstarch together with the soaked paper and banana fiber for 5 minutes. 7. Place the mixed materials in a 20 cm by 9 cm molder (the size of an ordinary cardboard). Put the molder under the heat of the sun until it dries.
TITLE-------------------------------------------------------- I ABSTRACT--------------------------------------------------- II TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------------------- III CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION------------------------------------------------ 1 OBJECTIVES---------------------------------------------------- 2 HYPOTHESIS--------------------------------------------------- 3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM-------------------------------- 4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY--------------------------------- 5 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS------------------------------------- 6 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES----------- 7 METHODOLOGY---------------------------------------------- 12 RESULTS AND FINDINGS-------------------------------------- 13 SUMMARY---------------------------------------------------- 16 CONCLUSION------------------------------------------------- 17 RECOMMENDATION------------------------------------------ 18
SUMMARY
The use of banana peelings for the formulation of particle board is effective and reliable. In the study made, this technique and procedures are easier to make. With the standard of our economy, materials are cheaper compared to an original cardboard bought in the market. This would help students and employees save money. Furthermore, this also lessens the papers scattered in an area. Through this, there can be fewer flies present in our fruit cases because of the usage of the left banana peelings.
CONCLUSION
We therefore conclude that banana peelings can be a substitute raw material in cardboard making. The scraped fibers, torn papers and the cornstarch are mixed together forming a particle board. With the help of the sun, the materials are dried up and hardened. Now, in just weeks after, you can have your own particle board.
RECOMMENDATION
Further researches and trials should be done on other raw materials that can be used as a substitute material in cardboard making.