Bagasse is the dry, fibrous residue that remains after sugarcane is crushed and the cane juice is extracted for sugar production. Producing packaging from the sugar cane pulp solves the problem of waste and creates a value-added product from a material that was once treated as a waste product.

Renewability

• Many varieties of sugarcane are fully ripened and ready for harvest in just 10 to 15 months, making sugarcane Bagasse a true annually-renewable resource.

Supply

• Sugarcane represents a major crop in tropical regions throughout the world.
• Because of the increasing demand for sugar in the last century, large areas in tropical and subtropical countries all around the world are planted in sugarcane crops.
• 0ne metric ton (2240 pounds) of refined sugar results in two metric tons of Bagasse.

Advantages

• Rapid growth of the sugarcane plant makes Bagasse an annually-renewable resource.
• Sugarcane cultivation is widespread in many emerging economies.
• Processing Bagasse is a convenient, cost-effective means of usefully disposing of sugarcane refinery waste products.
• Bagasse refining requires less energy and fewer bleaching requirements than typical wood pulp.
• Bagasse pulp requires minimal processing for conversion to high-strength, durable paper.

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