Turning Water Hyacinth into Sustainable Stationery in Assam: Kumbhi Kagaz's Innovative Approach

Kumbhi Kagaz, a sustainable stationery company based in Guwahati, Assam, is transforming water hyacinth into eco-friendly stationery products such as notebooks, journals, and calendars. The duo behind the initiative, Rupankar Bhattacharjee and Aniket Dhar, discovered that water hyacinth has a high cellulose and hemicellulose content, making it a promising raw material for papermaking. Their products are compostable, chemical-free, and made using a traditional handmade papermaking process with modern interventions.