Valorization of Wastes and By-products of Cane-Based Sugar Industry

Cane-based sugar industries have different wastes and by-products that can be further processed into useful products or applied as an energy source. Many wastes and by-products from cane-based sugar industries, such as bagasse, molasses, ashes, filler mud, trash tops, and muds, have been used for valorization. Valorization of these by-products contributed to the concept of resource efficiency and waste load reduction. Applying these wastes as a source of energy or input for other production units has proved to be of great importance for the improved echo-industrial nature of sugar industries. The ample production of these wastes from sugar industries also attracted the interest of other industries to form a symbiosis with sugar industries. Recently, the calorific value, fiber type, starch content, and ash properties of these waste types are attracting researchers to work on these wastes for different applications.