European Journal of Biotechnology and Bioscience

Authors
K. Mashadi P. Mokatse, J. Pieter H. van Wyk

Abstract
Waste paper is a major component of organic solid waste with cellulose, composed of numerous glucosernunits, a structural component of waste paper. Cellulase a hydrolytic enzyme can hydrolyse cellulose intornglucose thus initiate a possibility of developing cellulose as a renewable energy resource. Eight differentrnwaste paper materials have been biodegraded into glucose with cellulase from A. niger. Non-pretreatedrnpaper materials as well as pulped paper materials were treated with the cellulase enzyme system. Pulpingrnproved to be an effective physical pretreatment method for increased cellulose catalyzed degradation ofrncellulose associated with waste paper. It was also shown that different waste papers released differentrnamounts of sugar during cellulase catalyzed saccharification.