Disclosed is a method of manufacturing pulp and paper using Rhodophyta,
including immersing Rhodophyta in an extraction solvent able to dissolve
agar gel for a predetermined time period to dissolve the agar gel in the
extraction solvent, reacting the dissolved agar gel with a reaction
solvent to be converted into a fiber, curing the fiber using a curing
agent, and pulping the cured fiber. The method of the current invention
is advantageous because of lower manufacturing costs, due to eliminating
the need to purchase wood. Further, the use of chemicals for lignin
removal and bleaching drastically decreases, thus preventing
environmental contamination. Furthermore, since a final product does not
contain harmful chemicals, humans and the environment are not negatively
affected.