TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioprocessing of waste biomass for sustainable product development and minimizing environmental impact
AU - Usmani, Zeba
AU - Sharma, Minaxi
AU - Awasthi, Abhishek Kumar
AU - Sivakumar, Nallusamy
AU - Lukk, Tiit
AU - Pecoraro, Lorenzo
AU - Thakur, Vijay Kumar
AU - Roberts, Dave
AU - Newbold, John
AU - Gupta, Vijai Kumar
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Growing concerns around the generation of biomass waste have triggered conversation around sustainable utilization of these seemingly waste materials as feedstock towards energy generation and production of chemicals and other value-added products. Thus, biotechniques such as utilization of microbes and enzymes derived thereof have become important avenues for green pretreatment and conversion of biomass wastes. Although the products of these bioconversions are greener at an overall level, their consumption and utilization still impact the environment. Hence it is important to understand the overall impact from cradle to grave through lifecycle assessment (LCA) techniques and find avenues of process optimization and better utilization of all the materials and products involved. Another factor to consider is overall cost optimization to make the process economically feasible, profitable and increase industrial adoption. This review brings forward these critical aspects to provide better understanding for the advancement of bioeconomy.
AB - Growing concerns around the generation of biomass waste have triggered conversation around sustainable utilization of these seemingly waste materials as feedstock towards energy generation and production of chemicals and other value-added products. Thus, biotechniques such as utilization of microbes and enzymes derived thereof have become important avenues for green pretreatment and conversion of biomass wastes. Although the products of these bioconversions are greener at an overall level, their consumption and utilization still impact the environment. Hence it is important to understand the overall impact from cradle to grave through lifecycle assessment (LCA) techniques and find avenues of process optimization and better utilization of all the materials and products involved. Another factor to consider is overall cost optimization to make the process economically feasible, profitable and increase industrial adoption. This review brings forward these critical aspects to provide better understanding for the advancement of bioeconomy.
KW - Biomass
KW - Enzymatic hydrolysis
KW - Life cycle assessment
KW - Microbial pretreatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098508386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124548
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124548
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33380376
AN - SCOPUS:85098508386
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 322
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
M1 - 124548
ER -