Uses of jute

Jute fibres and wastes can help makedifferent grades of special papersand board, thus cutting down onthe use of precious wood, sayresearchers from the Calcutta-basedJute Technological ResearchInstitute. They say that jute fibres inthe form of jute caddies, rootcuttings and thread wastes, whichhave lot of cellulose and longfibre can serve as non-wood ferroussources for making different gradesof paper. These include wrappingpaper, sack paper, paper boardfrom unbleached pulp, as wellas writing, printing and variousspeciality papers from bleachedpulp.