The document discusses a group's efforts to address the problem of invasive carrot grass in pastures. They explored various options for dealing with the grass, eventually settling on making paper from it as a way to destroy and reuse it. Through research and experimentation, the group developed a process for making paper pulp using 50% recycled paper and 50% carrot grass. They had to add rosine, a chemical, to get the paper to bind properly. After several attempts, they were successfully able to produce paper from the invasive carrot grass, proving the naysayers wrong. They are now looking to implement this process on a larger scale through partnership with local paper mills.

1. Aditi Thapli
Akhil Rawat
Sakshi Joshi
Sujata Thapa
Muskan Godiyal

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Respiratory problems
Infertile Land
Skin infections
Cattle deaths

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To find out the truth about the myths of carrot grass

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Grazing animals die when they eat this grass in pastures.

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are not curable and can lead to death

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The grass is a poisonous weed and makes the land infertile.

7. *We tried various ideas like dumping in the ground,
burning and recycling the grass. We discovered:
*we shouldn’t burn the grass because of the toxic gases
it releases.
*we cannot dump it because it barrens the soil.
*we came out with the conclusion that making paper is
the preferred option as it is best way to destroy and
use it purposefully.
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12. *We went to different paper making units and asked
people to teach us how to make the paper .
*We surfed the net to know more about Paramethium
Hysterphorous and paper making.
*We experimented with the process of making paper
using the grass.
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14. Cutting the
grass
Making the
pulp of grass
and used paper
Add Rosine,
alum and
Baking Soda
and boil
Sieve the
water and give
the pulp a
shape
Dry the paper
in the sun and
iron it
Paper is ready
for use

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21. * Making paper out of grass was an interesting idea to talk about but its
implementation seemed to be a bit difficult when the people from Forest Research
Institute informed us that it was almost impossible to do so as they had already
tried and failed. But our team took the term “impossible” as “I am possible” and
without losing hope we did it. After doing lots of research and putting in lot of hard
work we finally got the procedure of paper making from internet.
* After surfing the net we conducted a survey in the near-by villages and we looked
for the fields full of grass. We collected the grass and separated the leaves and
flowers from the stems.
* Then, we made pulp mixing 50% of recyclable paper and 50% of grass. Due to the
presence of only 5% of fiber in the grass we had to mix it with recyclable paper as it
has the sufficient amount of fibers in order to hold the paper together.
* We spread out the pulp, that was made from grass and paper on a sieve to drain out
the water and kept it under the sun. But as per the Forest Research Institute team
the paper was not binding and there were cracks observed on it. This was a phase
where we had to face disappointment. But we kept searching.
* We thought something was missing and again looked for the process on the net and
realized that rosine a chemical was missing. Adding rosine to pulp could lead to the
internal binding of the paper. We brought the rosine from FRI and again made the
pulp mixing rosine with it .We gave the pulp a shape and kept it under the sun for
at least a day, to drain out the water and make the paper strong.
* Finally we were successful and got the paper made…. AND we proved that
“IMPOSSIBLE “itself says “I AM POSSIBLE”…………………
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We are sharing this solution with papers mills in Dun and are hopeful
one of them will help us implement this on a large scale.