Advantageous utilizations of SCB
SCB wastes are chosen as an ideal raw material in manufacturing new products because of its low fabricating costs and high quality green end material. It is ideal due to the fact that it is easily obtainable given the extensive sugar cane cultivation making its supply constant and stable. The associated costs of extraction, chemical modifications and/or other pre-treatments of SCB in the transformation process to ready-to-be used materials are potentially reduced as the complex processes are simplified by the mere usage of SCB.
When appropriate modifications and manufacturing procedures are applied, SCB displays improved mechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength, flexural modulus, hardness, and impact strength. SCB is also found to be easily treated and modified with chemicals besides blending well with other materials to form new types of composite materials. It also satisfies the greening requirements by being biodegradable, recyclable and reusable.