Importance Of Municipal Solid Waste In The Philippines

According to klooster & Allen (2011), Solid waste are materials people produce that is not liquid or gas. Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a kind of solid material, that is also called garbage’s that is consist of combined waste like paper and cardboard, food waste, cans, bottles, yard waste, furniture, plastics, metals, etc.

Banana peel is under the category of Municipal solid waste (MSW). Mostly this waste is already a problem to the society. Causing a lot of troubles in terms of conserving the environment. In many developing countries, much of it ends up in open dumps, where poor people scavenging, finding items they sell for recycling or reuse. In 2008, the organization for the economic cooperation and development projected that between

these varieties of bananas can be found in the Philippines. The most common are Saba, Lacatan, Latundan, Bungulan and Cavendish. These varieties differ in size, shape, taste and uses. It is very abundant in the Philippines because it is easy to plant and it can easily grow even in the tropical countries like Philippines. And because it is very popular in this country it became part of Filipino diet especially to the diet of the toddlers or even babies. Even though there are many varieties of bananas the researchers only focuses on Lacatan kind of bananas. Due to its richness in sugar content that is need to their study. Those sugar that will be converted to Ethanol through the use of fermentation process.

Lakatan banana is mostly used for making desserts in the Philippines. Compared to other kinds of bananas, Lakatan banana have higher β- Carotene. Its typical height is five to nine feet. Lakatan can be harvested eight to twelve months after planting. Banana (Lakatan variety), has higher vitamin content. The researchers, chose banana (Lakatan variety) as their variable because of its availability and market cost. It also shows high possibility of ethanol production because of its sugar content, which is the most basic and essential in obtaining

These are three basic steps for waste reduction its commonly called three R’s. The First priority is the primary pollution and waste prevention. Second priority is the secondary pollution and waste prevention. And the last priority is the waste management. Integrated waste management: priorities suggested by the US national academy of sciences for dealing with the solid waste. To date, these waste-reduction priorities have not been followed in the united states or in most other countries. Instead, most efforts are devoted to waste management (bury it or burn it).

Nowadays waste management is not given enough attention by the humanity. This causes gradual raising level of waste production. Reduce, reuse, recycle are the most current answer to develop awareness for the people. The researchers aim to use this three R’s for their advantage and improvement of all.

Based on “Cooking with ethanol and methanol” (2017), The known Ethanol burns with a slow, steady and only slightly visible flame. The Ethanol should always be stored in closed containers, because of its inflammability nature of the ethanol. Sometimes the vapor mixed in the air are also dangerous because of the possibility of evaporation. Households should always be careful because there are times when they thought that the flame are already fully extinguish, but it’s not. The reason is because the flame are not