ISSN 2384-5058
Abstract: Even though the usage amount of traditional wood fiber paper has been greatly reduced by recycling or some other methods, the demand for paper is still enormous. As many global issues start to influence our daily life, people begin to pay attention to sustainable development. This report was focused on the production of paper from sugarcane bagasse. In a bid to achieve this, sugarcane bagasse was obtained, dried and then made to undergo the following sequence of steps; cooking, pulp washing puip screening and cleaning pulp thickening, pulp bleaching. pulp thickening blending. After which the pulp was then pressed into paper using the appropriate equipment/materials. The paper was then obtained after sufficiently drying the pressed pulp (now paper). The paper produced weighed 42.6 % had an area of 0.341 m and its thickness was 1.0 mm. From the analysis made, the paper had a grammage of 124.9 g/m*, bulk of 8.01 cm/%. Based on physical examination, the paper produced was also stift. By comparing the properties of the paper produced with the acceptable standard, based on ISO, a paperboard grade of paper was produced. Paper can be produced from sugarcane bagasse as an alternative to paper from woods. The grade of paper that can be obtainable from sugarcane waste is dependent on what the paper is to be used for in order that the appropriate additives may be added to improve its properties thereby, bringing it up to the standard for which it is to be used.
Keywords: Sugarcane Bagasse, Paper, Recycling, Eco-friendly