Mexican Students Create Bioethanol from Newspaper

In Mexico, students from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM) Coyoacan Campus have created bioethanol using newspaper. The group of students, based in Mexico City, used an "acid digestion" process on the newspaper. The resulting product from the digestion was then fermented and distilled to be turned into bioethanol.

The creation of bioethanol from wastes, in this case, newspaper, will also support the goals of Mexico's National Development Plan, which stipulates that Mexico should reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by 2024.

The project is still in development and need more financial support in order to build a plant to produce at industrial level.