The corn plant is a species of Zea mays from the Poaceae family.

The size of its leaves

are approximately 50-100 centimeters long and its stems can grow up to 2-3 meters in height

(Reddy & Yang, 2005). Flandez et al. (2010) reported that corn husk is an agricultural residue or

crop residue that contains lignocellulose fibers that can be used for the production of pulp-paper.

Corn husks have unique fiber characteristics, chemical composition, types and amount of fiber

cells, considering it is a non-wood pulp (Ryu et al., 2007). Corn is one of the staple foods of the

Filipinos but it is more common in provinces. The husk or the outer shell of the corn helps

prevent seed dispersal by wind, birds, or other natural means.

Paper, an essential material in the field of education, is produced from trees. The

production of different paper products is one of the major causes of the depletion of the world's

forests. Over four billion or 35% of the world's trees are used for the paper industry (Sam, 2011).

The overall consumption of paper in the last 40 years has increased by 400% (Hurter, 1998).

Wood is a lignocellulosic matter that is traditionally used for the production of various materials

and one of them is paper. The increase in the demand for this raw material, together with its

economic and environmental factors, makes it necessary and helpful to find alternative sources

of lignocellulosic matter (Majid et. al, 2011)

Corn husk is the fibrous waste material because it cannot be eaten or transformed into a

drink, thus humans consider corn husk a waste product. Since humans do not appreciate any

value from corn husks, these are thrown in rivers or bodies of water that cause clogging and

flooding affecting properties and people as well. Rather than disposing of corn husk residue in

ways that have detrimental impacts on the environment, these waste by-products can instead be

recycled and utilized in the production of paper.

 This study aspires to determine if corn husk can be used as an alternative material for

paper making specifically to:

a) create an eco-friendly paper from corn husk.

b) analyze the technological parameters of the corn husk paper.

c) compare the technological parameters of standard paper and corn husk

Paper is one of the products that are used for many purposes. The increase on the demand and production

of paper reduces the population of timber trees. The Philippines lost a third of its forest cover from 1990-2005.

Since most crop residues, like corn husks, are not always considered valuable, these are thrown in rivers or bodies of

water that cause clogging and flooding affecting properties and people as well. Rather than disposing corn husk

residues in ways that have detrimental impacts on the environment, these waste by-products can instead be recycled

and utilized in the production of paper and can be used as an alternative to the timber wood paper.