Making Paper Out of Pineapple (Ananas Comosus)
Peelings and Leaves
An Investigatory Project
Presented to:
Mr. Denzel G. Diamante
Pasig Catholic College
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements in Science
Submitted by:
Gr. 9 – Diocese of Catarman
Vincent Matthew Flores
Robert Edward Meneses
Miguel Angeles Leyva
August 2019
Chapter 1
The Problem and Its Settings
Background of the Study
Paper, as we all know, is a vital object in our lives. Paper has
reinvented the way we communicate, record history, and write down
literature. Paper is portable, smaller, and thinner, and has triggered
the inventions of new cleaning products, printing, and even foods. Paper
however is made of pulp from trees, but due to acute need of paper and
other tree made of objects millions of trees had to be cut down. Trees,
which we need to combat the greenhouse gases, provide oxygen,
preserve soil, etc. But trees aren’t the only potential crop that can be
used to make paper.
The Ananas Comosus is a tropical plant that is usually consumed
as a food. But apart from consumption as a food. Ananas Comosus’
long, tough leaf fibers and peelings make a good raw materials for
making paper, which is produced by pressing together moist fibers,
typically cellulose the pulp from wood, rags, or grass.
Statement of the Problem
This study is to determine if the Ananas Comosus’ peelings and
leaves can be used for making paper for scrapbooking and if it can be
written on.
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following queries:
1. Is paper made from Ananas Comosus potent enough to be use as
substitute paper for scrapbook making with regards to the:
1.1 Materials and equipments:
1.2 Time (days):
1.3 Efficiency of Paper:
2. Is paper made from Ananas Comosus sturdy enough to be used
for writing?
Formulation of Hypothesis
From the stated problems, the hypothesis made were:
1. The paper made from an Ananas’ Comosus peeling and leaves is not
potent enough to be used as a substitute paper for scrapbook making
and it is not sturdy enough to be written on with the regards of the
following variables:
1.1 Materials and equipments: Fiber, Pulp, Leaves
1.2 Time (days): 5 days
1.3 Efficiency of paper: Aluminum
2. The paper made from an Ananas’ Comosus leaves is potent enough to be
used as a substitute paper for scrapbook making and it is sturdy enough
to be written on with the regards of the following variables:
2.1 Materials and equipments: Wood, Pulp, Leaves, Abaca
2.2 Time (days): 7 days
2.3 Efficiency of paper: Cement
3. If the paper made from an Ananas Comosus’ peelings and leaves is
potent enough to be used as a substitute paper for scrapbook making
and if it is sturdy enough to be written on, then the potency is in regards
to the following variables:
3.1 Materials and equipments: Grass, Soil, Leaves, Rags.
3.2 Time (days): 5 days
3.3 Efficiency of paper: Paper
Significance of the Study
This investigative project is important in order to determine if paper
is made from an Ananas Comosus can be written on and if it is potent
enough to be used as a substitute for scrapbook making. Also, this
study will contribute greatly for the reduction of the number of trees
cut down for the creation of paper.
Specifically, this research would be of help to the following:
Environment. The main aim of this study is to lessen the
amount of the trees cut down for the production of paper by creating
another way to produce paper. Our environment will highly benefit from
from this study.
Students. The students can use paper made from Ananas
Comosus peelings and leaves for their scrapbook making projects.
Knowing this information will also lessen the amount of money they
would have to use for their projects.
Common People. People can make paper made from Ananas
Comosus to create scrapbooks which they can sell and enable them
to have another way to get additional income.
Paper Making Industries. This would have another way of
making paper, which would enable them to produce more paper
without having to cut a thousands of trees.
Scopes and Delimitations
This study focuses on the creation of paper using the Ananas
Comosus and to determine if paper made from Ananas Comosus
peelings and leaves can be written on and if it is potent enough
to be a substitute paper for scrapbook making.
The experiments considered the following: Ananas Comosus
Peelings and leaves
This study is limited only to use of the Ananas Comosus.
No other plants were used. This research is also limited to handmade
Papers that use no machine aside from blenders and hair blowers.
This research also did not consider the place where the Pineapple
Was harvested.
This research also only focuses on the creation of paper
made from Ananas Comosus, no comparison or whatsoever was made.
Definition of Terms
The following are terms that regarded and considered in
This research:
Abaca. A strong fiber obtained fiber obtained from the
Leafstalk of a banana native to the Philippines
Alkaline. It is any substance that has a base pH
higher than 7.
Ananas Comosus. This is the scientific name of the
Versatile crop, the Pineapple.
Cellulose. It is a long chain of linked sugar molecules
that gives wood its remarkable strength. It is the main component
of plant cell walls, and the basic building block for many textiles for
paper.
Craft. It is an activity that involves making something
in a skillful way by using your hands.
Fiber. It is the type of carbohydrate that body cannot digest.
Pulp. It is a fibrous material that is used to make paper.
Grass. They are monocotyledonous and usually herbaceous plants with
narrow leaves growing from the base.
Greenhouse Gases. It is a gas in the atmosphere that absorbs and
emits radiation within the thermal infrared range.
Leaves. It’s one of the flat and typically green parts of a plant that grow
from a stem or twig.
Oxygen. A chemical that is found in the air, that has no color, taste or
smell, and that is necessary for life.
Peelings. A peeled-off piece or strip.
Rags. A piece of a old cloth.
Soil. It’s the upper layer of earth that may be dug or plowed and in which
plants grow. Moreover, it’s the superficial unconsolidated and usually
weathered part of the mantle of a planed and especially of the earth.
Wood. A hard, fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots
of trees and other woody plants
