Sugarcane bagasse is a fibrous material containing cellulose as its main component. It is produced in large quantities across the world. It is a kind of waste material that comes from the sugar industry.

How bagasse is produced?

It is the heterogeneous fibrous residue that remains after sugarcane stalks are crushed for sugar extraction. Typically, from processing 100 tons of sugarcane in a factory, 30–34 tons of bagasse is obtained (of which 22–24 tons is used in processing and 8–10 tons is saved) (Solomon, 2011; Yadav & Solomon, 2006).

Where is bagasse produced?

Production, Storage and Properties

This also means that the biggest producers of bagasse are Brazil and India as they are the largest sugarcane growing regions. Once bagasse fibres are gathered from residual sugarcane, they are stored wet in order to remove any residual sugar which may impede further production.