Kung kadalasan ay tinatapon lang ang mga balat ng bawang na ginagamit na sangkap sa pagluluto, isang estudyante naman ng University of the Philippines-Cebu ang nakaisip ng mga kakaibang paggagamitan ng mga ito.
Dahil sa kanyang thesis na kinailangan niyang pag-aralan ang mga katangian ng balat ng bawang, nadiskubre ni Clent Yanola, 23, na kumukuha ng Fine Arts in Product Design sa UP, na pwedeng pala itong i-level up bilang tile-based, pulp, ropes, bioplastics at leather-like na mga materyales.
“For the sheet-based material…I developed it into lamps since these sheets are pliable, it is flexible, and it has these diffusing characteristics. And then, the tile-based, I turned it into tabletops, round table. And then, for the pulp, I turned it into tapestry dividers,” ayon kay Clent sa ulat ng ABS-CBN News.
Kinukuha ni Clent ang mga balat ng bawang sa Carbon Market, Cebu City. Naging viral din ang mga gawa niya sa TikTok.
“It’s a unique idea that you actually had your thesis study be used as… or to make sustainable products,” ani Clent. “So, that’s the first material that I found interesting about garlic peels that I made into sheets. And then, yeah, that’s when I continued exploring further the garlic peels,” dagdag pa niya.
Hindi anya madali ang naging proseso ng kanyang mga ginawa at dumaan ito sa maraming trial and error bago maging successful ang kanyang konsepto.
“My thesis study really took a whole year of studying and developing. The material development took a whole term, and then the product development took another term. So it took a whole year,” kwento ni Clent.
