Statement of problems
Everyone knows how important food consumption is to an individual. Without food, one may get totally insane and may revert to destroying people’s lives, including their own. As our country continue to battle with the worsening poverty problems and non-stop increase in oil and fuel prices, many Filipinos today rely on wood charcoal for cooking to save money. Food entrepreneurs like owners of barbecue stalls uses wood charcoal for cooking the barbecue. Without the knowledge that wooden charcoal releases carbon monoxide when burned making the food acquire the chemical when exposed. Charcoal means the black solid remaining after carbonization or pyrolysis of organic matter. There are various resources to produce a charcoal such as woods, agricultural and forest residues, Municipal Solid Waste and fossil type matter; like peat. Patterns of wood charcoal consumption are site-specific, they vary from country to country, and from area to area within countries. They are dependent on the type of area availability of local resources and alternative fuels, climate, and they can vary by season. Still, some general observations can be made. Especially in countries which have a long tradition of using wood charcoal as fuel. Household sectors are the greatest consumers. Restaurants and the handcraft sectors come in second position with low percent. The use of charcoal in industrial sector is not significant. Cooking is the main purpose for consuming wood charcoal. Water heating and conditioning is satisfied exclusively by charcoal. Most of charcoal produced from ligneous formation is consumed by urban household Charcoal production and distribution contributes significantly to the Nation’s economy and employment. Soot, smoke and ash are the natural byproducts of a Charcoal. Smoke must be channeled effectively through a chimney or flue in order to prevent asphyxiation. Soot is composed of particles of incompletely burned carbon that often adhere to the sides of the chimney, creating black marks that require frequent cleaning. While ash can be used as a base material for composting piles, in urban areas it is harder to dispose of in an environmentally friendly way.