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.