Coconut Coir Experimental Process for Producing an Alternative Block Toy Compound

  • Authors

    • Saiful Bahari Mohd Yusoff
    • Sinin Hamdan
    • Zalina Ibrahim
    • Shah Jhihan Abdullah
    2018-08-02
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.18.16676
  • Coconut coir, Coconut husk, Children block toy.

  • Abstract

    Currently, children’s block toys use solid wood, processed wood and Medium-Density Fiber board (MDF). MDF is a mixture of sawdust that is held together with wax, resin and formaldehyde and has been widely used to produce children’s toys. MDF are heavy and found to be health hazardous especially to children. This research focuses on the process of transforming the waste from the coconut coir/husk as an alternative to the current unsafe materials into toy block. The coconut coir/husk is creatively processed to produce children toy block that are soft, lightweight, cheap, harmless for children to use and environmental friendly. The process involved treatment of insignificant waste and transforming it into a competitive product, thus reducing mass pollution by the coconut farmers and open burning of coconut coir/husks.

     

     

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    Bahari Mohd Yusoff, S., Hamdan, S., Ibrahim, Z., & Jhihan Abdullah, S. (2018). Coconut Coir Experimental Process for Producing an Alternative Block Toy Compound. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3.18), 64-67. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.18.16676

    Received date: 2018-08-02

    Accepted date: 2018-08-02

    Published date: 2018-08-02