CHAPTER 1

I. Background of the Study

These harmful materials are called pollutants. Pollutants can be natural, such

as volcanic ash. They can also be created by human activity, such as trash

or runoff produced by factories. The researchers have found that the oft-

maligned banana peel can grab heavy metals like copper and lead out of polluted

water.

Nowadays, many people eats banana but the main problem is that banana

peel can be found anywhere. Banana peel can cause pollution, flood, and etc. As

of now, our country is facing a great crisis in economy. The researcher found out

that in school, they required using of floor wax to maintain the floor shiny. Even in

the houses, floor wax is being use. So, the researcher decided to make a floor

wax which is very affordable and can give an equal quality as the commercial

can.

Floor waxing is essential to maintain the shiny gloss of wooden floors.

However, if you find the buying ready-made floor wax prohibitively, it’s possible to

mix raw way crystals and kerosene with banana peels to create a substance

suitable for use polishing your wooden floors.

help the users and consumers to save money, and it is less harmful to the

environment compared to the commercial floor wax that has many chemicals that

is harmful to the environment and also to the ones who is using it. This study will

find out of how can banana peeling floor wax for the environment and it’s users,

and how efficient is banana peeling floor wax than common synthetic floor wax.

Banana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of

the genus Musa which produce the commonly eaten fruit. They also native to the

tropical region of Southeast Asia and Australia. Today, they are cultivated

throughout the tropics.

Banana peels can be an alternative source of making floor wax and also

to create a floor wax that has odor compared to the other floor wax that the

researchers had. To inform are target that they can create floor wax by using

banana peels. The purpose of this research is to innovate the reusable banana

peels to lessen environmental waste.

The researchers tend to educate families that they can make a home-

made floor wax by themselves. In this case, they can save mother earth. The

researchers also want to extend the knowledge to those in the public schools

who mostly used floor wax to make their classroom floor shiny. This will educate

them that they can make an alternative floor wax instead of buying commercial

floor wax. This study can give benefits to the people especially to the poor ones

to save money for their other needs. Especially in schools, it will give a benefit to

the students as well as their parents to save money.

school or even in their house that their health are not affected because we did

this wax to lessen the odor of original floor wax. This study is only limited for the

investigation of banana used of alternative source for floor wax making. The

researchers chose this study for further investigation if the banana can be an

effective source for floor wax and how we can help our mother earth though the

researchers are only a student.

II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This investigatory study aims to answer the following questions:

1. Can banana peel be an alternative source in making floor wax?

2. Is it much more effective than other floor wax?

3. In what way can this banana floor wax help other people? Or what is

the good affect in the environment? Would it be good or not?

III. HYPOTHESIS

This study based on the following hypothesis:

Alternative Hypothesis

There is a significant difference between the banana peel floor wax and

commercial floor wax in terms of shine capacity, odor, and color.

Null Hypothesis

There is no significant difference between the banana peel floor wax and

commercial floor wax in terms of shine capacity, odor, and color.

The study is focused only on making an alternative floor wax out of

banana peel (Musa paradisiaca) and determining the effectiveness of it

through convenience sampling (grade 11 students). We chose this study for

further investigation if the banana can be an effective source for floor wax and

how we can help our mother earth though we are only a student.

V. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study can give benefits to the people especially to the poor ones to

save money for their other needs. Especially in schools, it will give a benefit to

the students as well as their parents to save money. Not only on that, this study

help people who really used a floor wax in school or even on their house that

their health are not affected because we did this wax to lessen the odor of

original floor wax.

LINKS:

https://phdessay.com/peel-da-banana-wax/

http://www.apjmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/APJMR-2019-7.2.006.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/42254147/

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