Asna turns pineapple leaves into paper because she is aware of their potential as a new raw material source. Photo: Izreen Mukri
Six years ago, Asna Nabihah Aziz decided to venture into a home-based business, focussing on turning pineapple leaves into paper and thread.
Some naysayers felt she was overly ambitious and that she was chasing a pipe dream. But the determined woman from Johor Bahru woman refused to be dissuaded by anyone.
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Asna, the pineapple girl
Asna turns pineapple leaves into paper because she is aware of their potential as a new raw material source. Photo: Izreen Mukri
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Asna makes eco-friendly products like photo frames, notebooks,and pineapple fibre thread from pineapple leaves. Photos: Asna Nabihah Aziz
Leaves are blended into a pulp and flattened into A3 size film sheets. They are dried under the sun for several days.
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More business establishments are trying to create upcycled products from pineapple waste.
Photo: ASNA NABIHAH AZIZ
Pineapple leaves can be turned into thread.
Photos: ASNA NABIHAH AZIZ
Pineapple leaves are put through a machine to extract the fibre to produce pineapple yarn. Photo: Izreen Mukri
Asna has cemented herself as the only Johorean entrepreneur who specialises in turning pineapple leaves into paper.
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