CHAPTER IV
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the result, the analysis and interpretation of data gathered from
the answers to the questionnaires.
1. Respondent Gender Profiles
28 respondents (56%) were males, and 22 respondents (44%) were females. This
means that the majority of respondents are males.
2. Respondent Age Profiles
36 respondents (72%) are between the age group of 16-20, 11 respondents (22%) are
between the ages of 20-25, 3 respondents (6%) are between the ages of 30-35.
3. Are you familiar with charcoal briquettes?
23 respondents (46%) answered yes, 20 respondents (40%) answered no, 7
respondents (14%) answered maybe.
4. Have you ever tried using charcoal briquettes as an alternative to your usual wood
charcoal?
11 respondents (22%) answered yes that they tried using paper charcoal as an
alternative to their usual wood charcoal, 30 respondents (60%) answered no, 9
respondents (18%) answered maybe.
5. Do you agree that the paper charcoal should be used as an alternative?
23 respondents (46%) answered yes that they agree that the paper charcoal should be
used as an alternative, 7 respondents (14%) answered no, 20 respondents (40%) answered
maybe.
6. Do you think that the charcoal briquettes can affect our environment?
15 respondents (30%) answered yes they think that the charcoal briquettes can affect
our environment, 10 respondents (20%) answered no, and 25 respondents (50%)
answered maybe.
7. Which do you think is the most affordable?
25 respondents (50%) answered wood charcoal as the most affordable, also 25
respondents (50%) answered charcoal briquettes as they think it is the most affordable.
8. Which do you think last longer?
30 respondents (60%) answered that wood charcoal can last longer than charcoal
briquettes, and 20 respondents (40%) answered charcoal briquettes can last longer than
wood charcoal.
9. From a scale 1-5, 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest: How effective charcoal
briquettes can be?
6 respondents (12%) answered 1, 11 respondents (22%) answered 2, 23 respondents
(46%) answered 3, 8 respondents (16% )answered 4, and 2 respondents (4%) answered 5.
10. From a scale 1-5, 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest: How often do you use
wood charcoal?
10 respondents (20%) answered 1, 5 respondents (10%) answered 2, 12 respondents
(24%) answered 3, 15 respondents (30%) answered 4, and 8 respondents (16%) answered
5.
This graph represents the result of the 10 questions survey. The graph represent the
percentage of people who answered every item.
Result of the evaluation of the Project
1st Day (first few hours)
On the first few hours, crumpled any of the paper and let it soaked in water within 2
hours. Just 6-10 pieces of paper we can make 7-12 pieces of paper charcoal.
(After 2 Hours)
We can now tear apart the soaked paper into tiny pieces and dry it out. It will take
about 20-30 minutes, but it also depends on how many paper we soaked in water.
(After 20-30 minutes)
This is now what it looks after tearing all the soaked paper. The water in which we
soaked the paper has become sticky, and we will wait again for an hour before removing
the paper from the sticky water.
(After an hour)
This is the paper charcoal that we made after almost 4 hours of making. The reason
why it’s all crumpled up it is all because of the sticky water. The water became sticky all
because we soaked the paper for 2 hours. We are now ready to put it beneath the sun for
2-5 hours.
(After 3 days)
This is our finished product. After 3 days it is now hard as rock, because we dry out
the water and leaving it under the sun. Now we can use our paper charcoal in grilling,
barbequing and any types of cooking. It is proven that it can last longer than the common
wood charcoal because just 3-5 pieces of paper charcoal can last 30 minutes.