ABSTRACT
Due to their high availability, economic viability, and biocompatibility, lignocellulosic by-products may play a crucial role in the transition towards an era of sustainability. The bioprocess attractiveness of these materials can be attributed to their carbohydrate-rich composition, which serves as a carbon source in differential processes to be converted into molecules with higher market values. In this chapter, presented is lignocellulosic waste availability for microbial production of fuels, biochemicals, and products: its technical and historical prospects, encompassing the characteristics and types, including the structural composition of wood and agricultural and forestry wastes; besides, an overview of their history of usage for the production of biochemicals is also brought to light in order to establish a scientific timeline and for policy-makers’ promptness to harness their potential and ecological properties.
