WASTE ? NOT FOR THEM !

What all can be obtained from a banana farm ? Obviously bananas , but what else? Nothing much right ? A farmer uses the bananas that grow on these trees and sells them in the market . The rest of the plant , from bottom to top is considered to be a complete waste .

A teacher and some students from IES Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya , Dadar , have come up with unique but realistic methods of using this so called ' waste ' , to generate a lot of different types of products . Their project , 'Rural Industry And Production Of Biodiesel ' has cleared the district level competition , and is now selected for the state level . Primarily , they have created a process to generate ethanol from the waste . In this process , a 250 gm part of the plant is taken , cooked on a stove , cooled . Yeast is added in the cooled product . The product is then mashed and kept for 48 hours . The mixture is then filtered , and ethanol is obtained by using distillation . The product was then tested for its authenticity . The product is found to contain about 21.25% of ethanol , and 12% of acetaldehyde .
 They have also made ropes , papers, umbrellas from the plant . Perfumes , village fuel has been prepared from the byproducts . Medicines can also be obtained from these plants . Isn't this a classic example of how we can use our wastes to create a wide range of products ? We all should definitely learn from and appreciate such initiatives . What an incredible job done by the students and the teachers of the school !:)