Friday 2 November 2012

The misunderstanding on the Garbage Enzyme

Around 4 years ago, the garbage enzyme starts trending among most, if not all of the community whose have the awareness toward the environmental problem.

Garbage enzyme, also known as Eco enzyme, is developed by Dr Rosukun Poompanvong from Thailand.
Dr Rosukun
Dr Rosukun is a Thai doctor in alternative medicine and is a pioneer in Thailand’s organic farming. She has been actively involved in enzyme research for more than 30 years. Since 1991, she taught farmers around the country the organic and environmental friendly way to produce foods with her enzyme. She is the one of the winners of the 2007 Fervent Love of Lives Medals, an award created by Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation.

The production of this “enzyme” is summarized as the image below:
Click HERE for briefly production of Garbage Enzyme.


It is claimed that the various advantages of garbage enzyme is as follow:
Click HERE for brieflly uses of garbage enzyme.

However, although Garbage Enzyme named with a term “enzyme”, it is not an enzyme.

Enzyme is a type of protein which acts as the catalyst for a biological reaction to occurs.

However, the so called Garbage Enzyme is just an organic product which is nothing more than vinegar. It is a type of homebrew vinegar, reduced from alcohol produced from the fermentation of the kitchen waste with the brown sugar. Brown sugar is used as impurities in the mixture to ensure a supply of bacteria. The breaking down of sugar into alcohol releases carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, the container has to open at least a week to release the gas produced by fermentation process. This procedure is also done to introduce the oxygen gas into the container to avoid anaerobic fermentation, because this process will produce methane gas, which is a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere for approximately 9 to 15 years. This green house gas is 21 times more effective in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide gas over a 100-year period.

The cleansing properties of the Garbage Enzyme thus obviously can refer to the properties of vinegar (the carboxylic acid groups), for example, to dissolve the oil while using it to wash the dishes. However, it is not advised to apply on metals, because acid will cause erosion on metals, otherwise the Garbage Enzyme has to be diluted.

It can also be the insect repellent because insects do not fond of the pungent smell of Garbage enzyme.

It is claimed that ozone gas produced during the fermentation process can lower the carbon dioxide level in the air, so can reduce the greenhouse effect. The contrary is true. The fermentation process will produce carbon dioxide and ozone. If produced, this will actually react with carbon to produce carbon dioxide due to the strong oxidizing properties of ozone. Hence, there is a net increase of carbon dioxide instead, but the fact that this carbon dioxide comes from plants results in a near neutral carbon cycle.

Ozone is an unstable molecule and will react quickly with other substances. If ozone produced by garbage enzymes escapes from the container, ozone react with heavy metals in the atmosphere will only transform the substances into acids that result in smog and acid rain.

Furthermore, it is claimed that Garbage Enzyme can convert ammonia to nitrate, which is the essential nutrient for plant. If this conversion is not control well, the high concentration of nitrate will wash off into ocean, which may result in algae boom..


Anyway, it is cannot be denied that Garbage Enzyme brings benefit to all of us, in the mean to preserve and conserve our scarred mother earth, as well as to reduce our household expenses.

6 comments:

  1. how it converts ammonia to nitrate

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  2. Hi,
    No one has ever tested in a lab before. Some lqbs in India have done last year and found out that it definitely contains proteun synthesis enzymes of 7 kinds. Further the CO2 produced is far less (19 timess less) as compared to if left to rot outside. Ozone produced reacts quickly with free radicals. Also the enzyme partial molecules are amylase and bylase active. Just remember no filthy things like meat are present.

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  3. As a layman and a housewife, if we only do 1 bottle every 3 months, the harm it cause to the environment should be negligible right?

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  4. i am using it as home cleaner and in hair wash with shampoo- and found it complete sanitizer and hair growth promoter. i tested it in IIT delhi to see if ozone is emitted- and saw 60 point reaching to 93 when ozone testing machine came in contact of mouth of bottle containing enzyme.

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  5. there are actually research papers on the matter, you are asuming that the effect is related only to acetic acid, nontheless the method allows an incomplete fermetation, there obviusly must be other compounds involved. More research next time ;)

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