Filipino scientist finds good use for chicken feathers
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By Izah Morales
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – Can you imagine how many feathers are accumulated when chickens you eventually feast on are slaughtered?
While watching the slaughter of chickens, Filipino scientist Menandro Acda was likely thinking of this when he realized the potential use of chicken feathers that are often considered waste in the poultry industry.
Chicken feathers are often incinerated. But the burning can cause environmental problems, according to Acda
“Millions of kilos of waste feathers are generated each year by commercial poultry processing plants resulting in serious solid waste problem,” added Acda who is a professor from the University of the Philippines Los Banos.
