How we can use a straw as a resource minimum 10 points
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- Straw may be fed as part of the roughage component of the diet to cattle or horses that are on a near maintenance level of energy requirement.
Bee skeps and linen baskets are made from coiled and bound together continuous lengths of straw. The technique is known as lip work.
3.The straw-filled mattress, also known as a palliasse, is still used in many parts of the world.
4.The use of straw as a carbon-neutral energy source is increasing rapidly, especially for biobutanol. Straw or hay briquettes are a biofuel substitute to coal.
5.Straw, processed first as briquettes, has been fed into a biogas plant in Aarhus University, Denmark, in a test to see if higher gas yields could be attained.
5.Construction material:
In many parts of the world, straw is used to bind clay and concrete. A mixture of clay and straw, known as cob, can be used as a building material. There are many recipes for making cob.
6.Composite lumber: Wheat straw can be used as a fibrous filler combined with polymers to produce composite lumber.
7.Enviroboard can be made from straw.
8.Strawblocks
9.Crafts
Corn dollies
Straw marquetry
Straw painting
Straw plaiting
Scarecrows
10.Straw bales are sometimes used for sediment control at construction sites
11.There are several styles of straw hats that are made of woven straw.
12.Straw is used in cucumber houses and for mushroom growing.
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Straw is resistant to being crushed and therefore makes a good packing material. A company in France makes a straw mat sealed in thin plastic sheets.