D-Egg holder / Rosmalia Ibrahim ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Rosmalia, Rosli, Hasya Farwizah Hilfina, Shiow, Wong Ye, Chuan, Hoong Dao
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Fruit and fruit culture; Creative ability in technology
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69094/2/69094.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69094/

Labis, Segamat area is popular with durian. We can notice that durian trees are standing everywhere at Labis. When durian seasons, almost all the residents will throw the durian peels around Labis such as beside the road or farm, even in the drains you can find the durian peels. This problem not only will cause the breeding of mosquitoes and flies, but also will emit the unpleasant ordor and carbon dioxide gas into atmosphere, so it may cause the other feel inconvenience and also influence everyone around Labis. Besides, the non-perishable paper or plastic egg holder are face in the same problem, some residents in Labis usually will just throw them beside the road or outside the house, so it may defame beautify of environment and Labis’s reputation. Hence, the aim of this innovation is to reduce and tackle the problem of throwing durian peels anywhere and also reuse the durian peels to produce the new things. The name of this product is D-EGG HOLDER. It is a eco-friendly egg holder that made of durian peels. Durian peels contains cellulose and the fibres found in durian peels are rough and tough so its suitable to become an egg holder. The ingredient we used to make D-EGG HOLDER is plastic egg holder. It needs to be made into pulp by refining, soaking, and grinding. The resulting pulp will be filtered to filter out excess water. Wet pulp will be pasted onto a plastic egg holder to build shape. Only RM10.00 was required for this to make the filter. As a result of the innovation, the pulps are rough and can be made to egg holder. Although that is hard to build the shape of it, this is worthy to try. This egg holder is biodegradable and non-perishable. In conclusion, D- EGG HOLDER can be made from durian peels and reduce the disposal of durian peels. It can also replace plastic or paper egg holder in daily life.