What the juice leaves behind.
A community initiative tracing sugarcane bagasse waste from hawker centres across Singapore, and donating it to community gardens, where it becomes plant fertiliser.
Follow the fibre01
The waste
Bagasse is the fibre left after sugarcane is pressed for juice. At hawker centres, it is discarded.
Over four years, we have collected more than 200 kg of it.
One stroke, one kilogram.
We have secured 12 partnerships in person.
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The route
Where the fibre goes, from the stall to the community.
Pressed
Sugarcane is pressed for juice at hawker centres.
Mapped
We map local collection routes and trace how the waste flows.
Collected
Twice a week, our parents drive us along the route, and we load the discarded fibre into large containers at hawker centres across Singapore.
Donated
We bring the containers to one central area, where Ninja Van delivers the raw bagasse to community gardens across Singapore.
Processed
The gardens process it into fertiliser and compost.
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The reuse
From discarded fibre to plant fertiliser. Switch between them to see the fibres move.
An illustration drawn for this site.
Discarded fibre
This is where it starts: sugarcane waste collected from hawker centres.
Plant fertiliser
Raw bagasse fibres go to community gardens, which process them into fertiliser for plants.
Back into the soil
Over four years, the more than 200 kg we have collected was shared among community gardens across Singapore. We donate it raw, and the gardens process it themselves.
- Jurong Lake Gardens
- Tony the Farmer’s rooftop garden, Yishun
- Project Black Gold
- Toh Yi community garden and compost group
- Chua Chu Kang butterfly garden
- Nee Soon South community garden