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UTILIZATION OF BANANA PEEL WASTE TO PRODUCE ETHANOL

I Introduction
Due to increasing demand for energy, renewable energy sources particularly waste products like banana peel waste can be utilized to produce ethanol, as the vitality of ethanol are well known in science world, besides the methods of producing it is incomplex and it can give big impact to the world.

II Body
A Ethanol is widely recognized these days as a very promising alternative source of energy (Low & Isserman, 2009) 1 Ethanol produced from waste products is blended with gasoline to produce bio-fuels and it is broadly used nowadays (Rangasamy et al,2011) a Ethanol can reduce our dependence on fossil fuel oil (Pacheco,2006) i Enormous usage of fossil fuel energy imposes environmental costs by releasing carbon dioxide,therefore development of clean energy is eagerly required (Hall,1991 as cited in Panwar et al,2010) ii Ethanol will increase sustainability of the natural resources base (Dercan et al, 2012)
Ethanol made from banana peel waste can be replenished as there are continuing sources of banana plant in the world thus decreasing the use of fossil fuel (U.S Department of Energy, 2003) 2 Ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline thus reducing environmental effects (U.S Department of Energy, 2003) a Greenhouse gas emissions produced by ethanol is lower compared to gasoline (Ethanol Across America,2009) b Ethanol produces less than half the carbon dioxide emissions of gasoline (Helps, n.d.)

B Banana peel waste is a good alternative

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