The Community Product Development in Buddhist Style to Create Added-Value of Waste Materials in The Community

Abstract

This research article has the objective for grouping the Buddhist creative products development from the wastes, equipment design for solving the leftover materials with friendly environment, produce the wastes and to make the leftover materials to creative products for creating the income for the community. It is the participatory research, to have the activity and depth -interview with the 17 villagers of Nongbua Municipality in Nakonsawan province through Brainstorming by using the techniques of AIC, SWOT, ARR and Mind map, participatory observance, depth -interview, equipment design, creative products development from the wastes for creating the income. The findings of the research found that: to have the grouping for the participation in the community into 3 aspects as follows (1) Volunteer group for community waste management, (2) to design the activity by using the technique of Mind map , process structure, guideline , goal for working, mind map for thinking the community waste management consists of problems, community people’s behaviour, ability, guidelines for development, responsible persons, activity and expanding the results, (3) to move on the activity under “Village, Temple and School Power or Bor Worn Power” such as 1) villagers know the benefit for waste classification, dangers from waste problem, 2) temple as the spiritual center, monks as the leaders for making merit from wastes, 3) to create the network cooperation with government sectors for managing the waste at the community level, to set up the policy, guidelines for the practice and issue the rule for waste management at the local level. Equipment designing focuses on natural wastes and  wastes from family, to get equipment for reducing the wastes by burning without impact on air pollution to disturb the villagers like “Biochar Waste Oven” by testing and designing the equipment from experts and local scholars for productive products from burning such as Biochar coal and Wood vinegar. Create the income form the leftover materials and wastes within the community has 2 types (1) Income from waste recycle by selling the waste from making merit of wastes such as plastic bottle , glass bottle, (2) income form natural waste from the products such as boiling coal, Biochar coal for absorbing the damp, Biochar compost, Wood vinegar.