
%0 Journal Article
%A Dumsday, Geoff 
%T Using biology to add value to waste lignin streams
%J Microbiology Australia
%D 2008/03/01
%V 29
%N 1
%P 21-24
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MA08021
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MA08021 
%X Arising from the need to find renewable sources of fuels and chemicals, a number of biological and chemical processes are in development or have been commercialised that enable the use of biomass as a starting material. Examples that have reached full commercial scale include production of 1,3?propanediol (a monomer for production of a plastic similar to the polyethylene used in plastic bottles) and lactic acid which is also a monomer used in the production of polylactic acid – a biodegradable plastic. 
