“Necessity is the mother of invention,” Plato once said. Great inventions are created by people who see a problem and put in the work to create a solution. This is exactly what father-son Joshua and Sandino Guinto, founders of Bahay Teknik, did.
Founders Joshua Guinto, 57, and Sandino Guinto, 29, are the brains and brawn of Bahay Teknik.
Bahay Teknik collects kitchen waste, sawdust, and CRH and uses these ingredients to make compost to reduce the biodegradable waste of Daet as well as generate large amounts of organic compost. Their best product, the Taal rocket stove, is a response to the rising prices of liquefied petroleum gas . “We realized that when we cook, LPG is really expensive,” Sandino said. “So we figured, there are a lot of pili shells and coconut shells here in Bicol, so why don’t we use those as firewood?”
Bahay Teknik uses shredded paper, charcoal dust, sawdust, dried leaves, and chopped water hyacinth to make fuel or seedling briquettes. Using the generated compost, Bahay Teknik makes and sells pocket gardens to households. With their agricultural interns, they also experimented in making seedling briquettes that do not need plastic. Bahay Teknik’s goal was never just to sell their products; they also want to educate people of the environmental alternatives to everyday living.
Bahay Teknik invites students of nearby campuses to intern in their enterprise so they can have the hands-on experience of an agribusiness. Students are also welcome to schedule a visit and consult with them on their research study. Bahay Teknik then guides these young researchers to more practical and applicable research studies.
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