THE HUSK – OUR CORE BUSINESS
The fibrous husk (mesocarp) of the coconut is soaked in pits
for softening and then beaten to extract the coir fibre used
in the manufacture of ropes, door mats, upholstery,
mattresses, car seats, carpets, insulation, bristle brooms
and brushes.
Only the residual dust or Coir Fibre Pith had little use, if
at all, and was consequently dumped as a waste in unseemly
heaps, that piled up like hillocks. That was ………. Until our
group took the initiative to convert this into a valuable
product that would revolutionise the coconut industry as
well as the entire horticultural industry of the world!
In 1983, NATURE’S BOUNTY (PVT.) LTD, SRI LANKA, undertook a
study of the use of Coir Fibre dust for horticulture use as
an alternative to peat. The results speak for themselves.
A certain degree of urgency was conferred on our studies in
the background of agitation by environmentalists in Western
Countries against the excavation and exploitation of peat
bogs.
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