Author : Md. Shebbir Hossain, Md. Dulal Hosen, Sanowar Hossen†, Md. Azharul Islam and Md. Humayun Kabir Khan

As a floating aquatic plant, water hyacinth is one the quickest growing plant of this earth. Water hyacinth is considered as a lignocellulose plant and that is why the paper making process that uses in other cellulosic materials can be applied to this plant. This article was focused to check the feasibility of producing paper from water hyacinth and check which portion of the plant is suitable for producing paper. Paper was made with different parts of water hyacinth like root, petiole, leaf, stolon and whole plant. Paper made by Dry petiole and root showed better tensile strength than other body parts and various natural colored paper was possible to produce from a plant.

Keywords: Water hyacinth, paper, tensile strength

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.10, No.2 (March/April 2020)