Pineapple

Since Taiwan is a half tropical and half subtropical country, there are four seasons in a year.
Like grapes, lychees, bananas, watermelons, papayas, pineapples, oranges, etc, these were well-suited to the abundant rainfall, fertile soil and warm climate of Taiwan so Taiwan is called the fruit kingdom.

Especially Pineapple, there are more than 4000 ha planted areas in Taiwan. There will produce 40000 heads of pineapple for each planted area, and every planted area will cause 72 tons of pineapple leaves.Each planted area cost NTD 40 thousands for the farmer to deal with the Agricultural waste. Because of the plenty agricultural waste, we start to think out of box to find the value of waste. Using the pineapple leaves’ feature create whole new life for the agricultural waste. Not only reduce the waste but also greener the environmental.

During the first step,

mature pineapple leaves are harvested and stripped of their outer coating by scraping them with a blunt instrument (for example a coconut shell). Two grades of fibre are extracted from the leaves: the first, called bastos, is strong and course and usually reserved for making string or twine. Liniwan, or washout, only lifts away from the leaf after vigorous scraping. It is much finer and used for weaving fabric. The green epidermal layer is washed away from the fibres, leaving behind white, opaque threads.