Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Uses of Byproducts

The coconut folds which are oil free , after obtaining virgin coconut oil , is mixed with hot water and coconut milk is obtained to prepare curries .
These can be used to prepare other food items like rotti , biscuits and sweets.
The coconut scrapings is used as animal  feed  and can be used to prepare sambol.
These coconut scrapings are again processed in mill to obtain yellow coloured coconut oil.

Effect to environment;

The coconut shells removed after obtaining meat/kernel causes environment pollution.But it can be used to make ornaments or use as a fuel.
The coconut water may also cause soil pollution.
Carbonmonoxide is also added to the environment ,but it does not  result  in serious environment problems.
As  a whole , the virgin coconut oil industry does not cause any considerable damage to environment and can be called an environment friendly industry