Coir pith was obtained as a waste product from padding used in
mattress factories, Prachuapkhirikhan province, Thailand. The coir
pith in this study contained 36% lignin, 43.8% holocellulose (27.8%
-cellulose, 2.1% -cellulose, 13.9% -cellulose) and 16.2% pentosan. Coir pith was dried in ambient air and then sieved through
a US standard sieve with a particle size range between 150 and
1118m