Paper from pineapple leaf fibre / Noor Aziza Abdul Safar and Munirah Munir

In developing countries, there are different approaches to dealing with organic waste. One of the approaches from commonly fruits used are Pineapple. Taking into account the sample from each pineapple, only 52 % is used for the production of jam and juice and the remaining 48% consists of fruit skins and leaves that form waste. This residue is rich in lignin and cellulose and forms a very good raw material for allied fibers. In addition, waste disposal is a major problem in this industry because of the very high lignin and lignin content the cellulose content of wasted leaves, which is difficult to decompose, further results in pollution and affects the environment. Natural fibers from non-wood materials are an important resource to meet the growing demand for pulp and paper product. The main purpose of this survey is to highlight the potential of pineapple leaves used as a non-wood material for paper production. Experiments using pineapple leaf fiber as a raw material in paper production have been carried out to evaluate advantages in terms of mechanical properties, especially tensile strength, tear strength and paper thickness. In this paper, samples of pineapple leaf fiber are mixed with a recycle newspapers in different composition of which is, 25%, 35%, 45%, 55%, 65% and 75% pineapple leaf fibers mixed with 75%, 65%, 55%, 45%, 35% and 25% of the recycle newspapers.