Wonder Tree: Paper from Banana Peels

Abstract

There’s no doubt that bananas contain a variety of nutrients that are very beneficial for ourselves. However, we also thought about exploring the nutrients behind the banana peels itself, as it looks quite wasteful if the skin is just being thrown away and it could also be a factor of air pollution coming from the bad smell of the excess of these fruit peels. Our research revolves around the production of banana parchment paper. Our objective for this research is to study the cellulose contained in the banana peels for the purpose of paper production, in addition to taking advantage of it, regarding this case. Indirectly,wealsocanreducedeforestationtogainpaperbyusingonlyrecycledmaterials. With the benefits of banana peels implemented in the making of paper, we can use that to create something useful that could replace wood plup paper. More over, we find out that paper from banana peels contains more fibre, more cellulose, less ligninand is 300 times stronger than the usual wood paper. Banana peels are also easy to find and banana trees grow up faster. It also features water and fire resistance. Due to that, we figured out that this will be greatly capable of replacing wood paper for some heavy things such as packaging boxes and opened more ways to gain paper. Deforestation also could be reduced, at least for paper making. Our project will ensure the excess of banana peels could be taken advantage of and a large number of forest logging could be discharged for papermaking cases