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SAWDUST FOR ANIMAL FEEDS

SAWDUST FOR ANIMAL FEEDS

 

Sawdust contains 50 to 60% cellulose and about 30% lignin. Cellulose is an important component in animal feeds as a source of energy while lignin acts as a barrier to the digestibility of cellulose. Thus, the animals can hardly digest the sawdust. The lignin can be removed or reduced by first treating the sawdust before it is fed to the animals.

 

Raw materials:

 

Sawdust, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide

 

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Cementless Blocks

Cementless Blocks

 

Due to the increasing cost of cement, the Forest Products and Industries Development Commission (FORPRIDECOM) conducted a research that will produce blocks from soil and water, or a combination of one or two different wastes or wood waste like rice hull, coconut coirdust or sawdust. The binder used is lime.

Lime can be found almost anywhere in the Philippines.

 

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