Gold in Agricultural Waste: Sugarcane (S. officinarum L.) Bagasse Cellulose as a Component for Starch-based Bioplastic

• Main Authors: Violante, Ellyza Marie C., Alvarez, Mayleen A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: bioplastic; Saccharum officinarum; bagasse; cellulose; plasticizer
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2024/paper_see/4; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/2381/viewcontent/PP_SEE_Violante_Alvarez___Ellyza.docx.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Hailing as the largest crop by volume of production in the Philippines, sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is consequently one of the nation’s topmost sources of agricultural residue. Unfortunately, the recovery efforts to employ sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as a biofuel were nullified due to the costl...