(Nanowerk Spotlight) Bagasse is a waste plant matter obtained by food industry processes such as beer brewing, plant oil extraction or sugarcane processing for production of bioplastic. It is an ...

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 ...

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 ...