A.

Background of the Study

Bagasse boards are usually used in manufacturing furnitures. Bagasse is

used in making particle boards that is made into furnitures. Bagasse boards can be

produce without spending too much in its raw materials since its primary materials

are just waste products. Bagasse is the primary material of bagasse board and it is

the residual pulp from sugarane (Saccharus officinarum L.) after the juice has been

extracted. Since it is just waste product, it will not cost too much in the manufacture

of the board. It cannot affect the environment too much because when bagasse is

used in the manufacture of the boards, the amount of bagasse that will be burn by

the sugarmills company that causes air pollution and environmental hazards will be

lessen. (http://region10.dost.gov.ph/index.php?

option=com_content&task=view&id=294&Itemid=77)

Chicken feathers are now being sorted, processed and made into many useful

products. The processed fibers from chicken plummage have been usd in plastics, in

paper pulp and textiles. (http://www.foodreference.com/html/f-chicken-

feathers.html) Chicken feathers, considered waste products of the poultry industry,

have the potential for building and construction material according to the research

conducted by Dr. Menandro Acda. Feathers contain keratin, which termites cannot

digest. Since they were just waste products, the manufacturers won’t spend too

much in the production of the boards using chicken feathers as additive.

Conventional waste disposal methods such as burning, burial or recycling the

feathers for use in low quality animal feeds are regarded as undesirable because of

damage to the environment. With the use of chicken feathers in the production of

boards, these conventional waste disposal methods will be lessen.

(http://www.propertywire.com/news/related-stories/chicken- feather-house-eco-

building-200808051424.html)

Chicken feathers when used as additive in manufacturing bagasse will likely

contribute great amount of improvement in the quality of a board. Chicken feathers

are resistant to insect infestation such as termites because they are inedible. It can

make the board last longer even with the presence of termites. Chicken feathers

and bagasse are both waste products, and when combined can produce boards with

low-cost materials and environmentally friendly.

B. Statement of the problem

This study intended to answer these problems:

General Problem:

What is the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the quality of bagasse

board?

Specific Problem:

1.) What is the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the compressibility of

bagasse board?

2.) What is the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the temperature-

resistant of bagasse board?

3.) What is the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the flamability of

bagasse board?

C. Justification of the Problem

 Nowadays, poultry farms are having trouble on how to get rid of thousands of

pounds of chicken feathers. Some poultry farms burn them while others just buried

them to the ground, but burning those chicken feathers causes environmental

damage such as air polution. Fortunately, researchers have discovered that chicken

feathers can be useful in some other ways. They found out that chicken feathers

can be use as an additive in producing fiber boards because it has the presence of

keratin, a tough, insoluble protein fiber that can be use in the production of fiber

boards. Chicken feathers are an ideal choice for the raw materials of fiber board

since they are just waste products. Manufacturers will find it easy looking for these

materials since they are abundant and there’s a guaranteed supply from the poultry

farms. Chicken feathers are compose of protein fiber called keratin that is also a

main component of wool. The researchers believe that the addition of chicken

feahers to fiber boards can inhance its qualities such as its

compressibility,temperature-resistant and flamability without spending too much

and without casusing harm to the environment.

D. Research Objectives

General Objectives:

To be able to find out the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the quality

of bagasse board.

Specific Objectives:

1.) To be able to find out the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the

compressibility of bagasse board.

 2.) To be able to find out the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the

temperature-resistant of bagasse board.

3.) To be able to find out the effect of chicken feathers as additive in the

flamability of bagasse board.

E. Null Hypothesis

1.) There is no significant effect of chicken feathers as additive in the

compressibility of bagasse board.

2.) There is no significant effect of chicken feathers as additive in the

temperature-resistant of bagasse board.

3.) There is no significant effect of chicken feathers as additive in the

flamability of bagasse board.

F. Significance of the Study

Nowadays, fiber board industries are having a problem in finding sources of

raw materials like bagasse pulp, to produce bagasse board. This is where the

advantage of using chicken feathers as an additive in making fiber boards. There

are already studies about chiken feathers. Chicken feathers are now being sorted,

precessed and made into any useful fibered products. Since chicken feathers are

just waste products of poultry farms, fiber board industries csan use them to

deminished the cost of producing high-quality fiber boards.

G. Research Framework

Treatment A Treatment B

Bagasse board with chicken Bagasse Board without the

feathers addition of chicken feathers
( controlled variable)

Compressability Temperature - Flame- Resistance

resistance