Two agricultural wastes, the aerial stem of Musa paradisiaca (plantain
pseudostem) and the leaves of Pandanus candelabrum (screw pine) were characterized and pulped by soda and Kraft processes. The pulps were bleached with hydrogen peroxide and handsheet was formed with the British sheet former. The results showed that the plantain stem fibre has a length of 2.14 ± 0.18 mm, while that of the screw pine leaf fibre was 1.98 ± 0.12 mm, these are longer than that of Gmelina arborea, hardwood fibre (0.95 ± 0.05mm), commonly used for paper making. The pulps from these agricultural wastes formed good and strong papers which can be converted into different forms for various
applications.