Utilización de desechos agroindustriales fibrosos en Costa Rica

Abstract

Ultrastructural analysis and chemical composition study of fibers get of agroindustrial wastes gives information about their characteristics for paper manufacturing. Most of the vegetable fibers have more quantity of lignin and total extracts than wood fibers; on the other hand, they also contain less holocellulose. The excellent properties for paper manufacturing, the possibility of a maximun utilization of our resources and the increase in the comercialization alternatives, justify each research in order to know about them in a better way. Furcraea cabuya (Cabuya); Ananas comosus (Piña); Dracaena massangeana (Caña India); Yucca elephantipes (Itabo); Bactris gassipaes (Pejibaye) and Elaeisguianeensis (Palma Africana) are some of the fibers have been studied in the Forest Products Laboratory of the University of Costa Rica.