Balat ng Mais Swak na Business

 

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.