In order to significantly cut harmful emissions and encourage greener industrial practices, Europe is transitioning to a bio-based economy. This means moving away from chemical processes based on fossil fuels, and towards biological processes based on renewable resources.
With this in mind, the EU-funded FALCON project identified lignin as a potential fuel source, and as an alternative building block for industrial chemicals. Lignin, which is found in the cell walls of wood, is also an organic by-product of bioethanol production. Scientists have forecasted that this renewable organic waste stream is set to increase as more bioethanol plants are built. Continue to the original story…
