A trash to treasure (cash) recycling project that turns corn cover (usually just goes to garbage bins once the grain or corn husk is used as grains or sold after cooking) to practical and income-generating products. SIM had a seminar on how to use corn cover to make artificial flowers, home decors and other ornaments which mothers and women-breadwinners can sell and pursue as a home-based business to earn extra money for their families’ needs.
Since corn cover is available in most areas, it is easy for a start-up to get the raw material and reuse or recycle these to useful and beautiful pieces of art. It is also an environment-friendly entrepreneurial activity that if done with hard work, perseverance and commitment, can be very promising, worthwhile and sustainable.
There is growing market for artificial flowers from corn cover. One needs 50 centavos per flower. Makers of the recycled product can sell each flower at P1.50 each or a mark-up of P1.00 per flower. If one can make 50 pcs. of flowers/day, she can earn P50.
The seminar was held at the SI Malabon adopted barangay - Brgy. Tonsuya.