ÅF and university in Costa Rica teams up for banana paper project
Jan 12 2010 ÅF and Earth University, Costa Rica, have agreed upon the joint efforts in optimizing the university’s own paper machine for banana paper production.
The Banana Paper Project underwent a number of significant changes and adjustments in the production plant in 2008. ÅF’s current task is to map the path forward, ensuring both manageable and timely correct processes in order to successfully manufacture paper with discarded stalks of the banana plant and recycled office paper for commercial purposes.The final banana paper product is aimed at such niche markets as printing presses, high-end notebooks and journals and corporate stationary.