Getting Value from Pulp and Paper Industry Wastes: On the Way to Sustainability and Circular Economy

abstract

The pulp and paper industry is recognized as a well-established sector, which throughout its process, generates a vast amount of waste streams with the capacity to be valorized. Typically, these residues are burned for energy purposes, but their use as substrates for biological processes could be a more efficient and sustainable alternative. With this aim, it is essential to identify and characterize each type of waste to determine its biotechnological potential. In this context, this research highlights possible alternatives with lower environmental impact and higher revenues. The bio-based pathway should be a promising alternative for the valorization of pulp and paper industry wastes, in particular for bioproduct production such as bioethanol, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), and biogas. This article focuses on state of the art regarding the identification and characterization of these wastes, their main applied deconstruction technologies and the valorization pathways reported for the production of the abovementioned bioproducts.

keywords

SPENT SULFITE LIQUOR; 2ND-GENERATION BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION; SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID EXTRACTION; EUCALYPTUS-GLOBULUS STUMPS; ETHANOL-PRODUCTION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; ENZYMATIC-HYDROLYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT

subject category

Energy & Fuels

authors

Amandio, MST; Pereira, JM; Rocha, JMS; Serafim, LS; Xavier, AMRB

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acknowledgements

This work was carried out under the Project InPaCTus-Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus, Project No 21874 funded by Portugal 2020 through European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the frame of COMPETE 2020 no246/AXIS II/2017. This work was also developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & LA/P/0006/2020, financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC). This work was also supported by the Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products Research Centre-CIEPQPF, financially supported by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal, Projects UIDB/00102/2020 and UIDP/00102/2200). Mariana S. T. Amandio acknowledges the support by Project InPaCTus for her PhD grant, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-021874. Joana Pereira acknowledges the support by FCT/MCTES for her PhD grant, SFRH/BD/130003/2017.

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