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Rice Straw Ash as Good Substitute for Soap

Rice Straw Ash as Good Substitute for Soap

 

Barrio folks in Northern Luzon, particularly residents of Kapangan, Benguet use rice straw ash

as substitute for soap for working clothes and dishes.

 

Procedure:

1. Burn rice staw and collect the ashes.

2. Soak ash in water.

3. The dye produced in the collection is the one used for working clothes. Soak dirty clothes here as you do with ordinary soap.

4. Rinse as usual after washing.

 

Other Uses of Rice Straw Ash

Rice straw ash is also a good remedy for dandruff. Mix the ash with water and use it as shampoo.

 

 

 

Source:

Greenfields

Dec. 1980

Paper from Rice Straw

Paper from Rice Straw

 

Paper can be made from any fibrous plant but the best material is rice straw. Abundant rice

straw go to waste during harvesting time. With a very minimal capital, this agricultural waste

could be a good source of livelihood. Making paper from rice straw can be done even by

children in their homes or as a project in the community. The art of papermaking is being done

since the ancient times in China and Japan where different types of paper such as glossy and

silky ones are produced.

 

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Silica gel from rice hull?

Silica gel from rice hull?

by Ma. Lizbeth J. Baroña 

January-March 2004 Volume 6 No. 1

Bar Digest

It comes with your new pair of shoes, inside your vitamin bottles, your new bag, and with just about anything new you buy. “It” would be that quaint little packet of “something” that accompanies your newbies, the silica gel pack. If you think the dry and exciting environment of your new buy is something that will not occur in the same thought as rice hull, think again.

Utilizing the potentials of an agricultural waste like rice hull as a component in silica gel is the objective of a study conducted by the Natural Science Research Institute(NSRI) and the Bureau of Agricultural Research(BAR). Continue reading “Silica gel from rice hull?”