Science Investigatory Project on Converting Food Waste into Methane Gas

Abstract

Problems concerning poverty and pollution are abundant nowadays. People are becoming poorer because of the price hikes in essential products like the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) used for cooking. That is why the researchers decided to create an efficient and low-cost product that converts food waste into methane gas, which can help minimize poverty and waste pollution. The research method utilized in this study is quantitative analysis. The participants of the study sampled 10 Science Experts and 10 Science Teachers to test the significant differences in the level of acceptability of the product in terms of flammability, safety, and environmental-friendliness using t-test at the level of significance of 0.01 at the degree of freedom of 18. The researchers conducted three trials before achieving the desired result. The first and second trials failed while the third trial produced the desired product. The prominent findings of the study with the two groups of respondents in terms of flammability, safety, and environmental-friendliness are 4.46 and 4.37 with the verbal interpretation as Highly Acceptable. Therefore, there is a significant difference between the assessments of the two groups of respondents in terms of flammability, safety, and environmental-friendliness. The result of this study created a product that produces enough safe methane gas, does not create harmful effects, and is proven to help minimize waste pollution. The result can be forwarded to improve the project; the size of the product must be improved to accumulate more methane gas; the need to consult more Science Experts in enhancing the skills for making the product; and the ingredients used must be utilized to produce methane gas that can be further used for cooking.