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

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