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DOST to introduce sustainable material for school desks, chairs
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A sustainable and competitive material may soon replace wood and plastic as school furniture. This, as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) develops school tables and chairs from engineered bamboo.
Aptly called Silyang Pinoy, the school furniture will be mainly produced using engineered bamboo or e-bamboo, and other raw materials. They will also be multi-functional where chairs and tables can easily be transformed into other furniture. This is especially useful in a country where schools are usually converted into evacuation centers during disasters.
“The Silyang Pinoy is an important development in providing quality furniture in primary and secondary public schools in the country,” says DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum, Jr. “Our country’s geographic location situates us in the pathway of destructive typhoons. This furniture technology will support our educational school system and at the same time, be a sturdier furniture for evacuees who seek shelter in schools during disasters.”
E-bamboo is made by binding together fibers, particles, strips or slats of bamboo with the right adhesive. Used worldwide to make attractive panels, floors, furniture and handicrafts, it is often stronger and less prone to warping than equivalent solid woods
Sample e-bamboo panel
DOST-FPRDI names substitute trees for wood carving
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Members of the Paete Artists’ Guild were asked to make wood carvings using three tree species and to rate the acceptability of these as raw material.
A recent study by the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has identified two wood species - yemane and paraiso - as ideal materials for wood carving. This is great news to the country’s wood carving industry, which has been experiencing shortages in its raw material supply.
DOST-FPRDI inks pact with Malayan Colleges Laguna
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The DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) and the Malayan Colleges Laguna, Inc. (MCL) had just forged a partnership for research and development activities.
Under the Memorandum of Understanding, the parties may conduct joint R&D projects and skills development activities such as seminars and workshops related to research. The DOST-FPRDI may also be tapped in the conduct of student research activities such as theses, dissertations and capstone projects.
The Institute will also be one of the priority on-the-job training sites for MCL’s Senior High School students.
