Bagasse comes from sugarcane stalks. After sugarcane is harvested, the stalks are taken to a refinery to extract the sugar inside. The stalks are washed, crushed, and the sugary juice is separated ...

The principal raw material used for manufacturing paper pulp is wood. However, growing demand in the paper industry, at a time of dwindling forest resources, have compelled the sector to turn to other ...

A few years ago, Mary Guarisco started noticing mountains of bagasse, the crop residue left after sugar cane is crushed, piling up at Alma Plantation down the road from her house. “They’ve almost ...