Harvesting of petal waste from roses, sunflower stalks and banana shoots for manufactue handmande of paper

Abstract

This article aims to provide an alternative for making handmade paper with characteristics similar to that obtained from the cellulose extracted from the bark of the trees, through the use of plant residues containing high percentages of cellulose as rose petals scion of banana and sunflower stalks, occurring in the market places in the city of Bogotá, considering that 70.5 T/ day of solid waste generated by the city 88.5% are fruit vegetable waste, vegetables that are not exploited.

The procedure established allowed to manufacture sheets of paper by mixing different percentages of each plant debris crushed and ground with recycled paper pulp to establish which of them offered better quality characteristics regarding color, dimensional stability, crease, writing, wetting the environment, texture and penetration resistance. The impacts of this project are aimed at contributing to the search and implementation of sustainable production techniques with the use of organic waste generated in large quantities in the collection centers for food, idea generation inclusive business as it seeks to promote people in vulnerable as displacement and female heads of household, in addition to encouraging the recycling culture and strengthen the productive chain of the sector; allowing its socio-economic recovery through the development of an activity that requires minimal training to be performance.