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Sheets of paper made from banana bark are almost ready for use.

A banana trunk consists of concentric rolls of fibrous materials, which are very moist. After the fruit is reaped, the trunk is usually discarded to provide nutrients for the soil. However, they will soon be put to more viable uses by some residents, led by Michael Grizzle, in the Maroon community of Flagstaff in the hills of St James, where banana grows in abundance.
Paper will be made from the succulent trunks. It is a relatively easy process, witnessed recently by The Gleaner, and which we will share with you today.
The leaves and roots are cut from the trunk. It is then split down the middle. The layers are separated from one another and cut into strips. A knife, machete or fork is used to remove the fleshy membrane from the strips until a thin thread-like fibre is revealed. All the fibre is then dried before it's crushed to a pulp......

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