The estimated
2007/2008 sugar cane harvest (CONAB, 2009) is 629 Mton to produce
sugar (44.6%) and alcohol (55.4%). The volume of fly and bottom
ash that will be produced in this harvest is 3.2 Mton
(1000 kg cane?250 kg bagasse?6 kg ash) (FIESP/CIESP, 2001).