Biotechnological Basis of the Pulp and Paper Industry Circular Economic System

Nadezhda Kvasha, Olga Bolotnikova and Ekaterina Malevskaia-Malevich ()
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Nadezhda Kvasha: Department of Management, The North-West Institute of Management-Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Saint-Petersburg 199034, Russia
Olga Bolotnikova: Department of Management, The North-West Institute of Management-Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Saint-Petersburg 199034, Russia
Ekaterina Malevskaia-Malevich: Department of Management, The North-West Institute of Management-Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Saint-Petersburg 199034, Russia

Economies, 2023, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: To ensure development sustainability, the linear economic approach is being transformed into a cyclical model. For the pulp and paper industry (PPI), which occupies a significant place in the Russian economy, the shift of circular principles to the field of bioeconomics is becoming more important. This requires the development of basic biotechnological approaches implemented in closed cycles (biorefining). The aim of this study was to develop the biotechnological foundations of the circular economic system of the pulp and paper industry. To achieve the goal, the factors for the implementation of the circular mechanism in the pulp and paper industry were established. The composition of pulp and paper waste was systematized, taking into account the places of their occurrence; the directions and forms of the biorefining of pulp and paper secondary renewable resources were determined; and the principal possibility of obtaining bioethanol, based on the whole complex of sugars from cellulose production wastes, is shown. A wide range of general scientific methods was involved (analysis, synthesis, classification, modeling, etc.). Statistical methods were used to process experimental results in the field of pulp and paper waste bioconversion. The biotechnologies involved included methods of destruction, detoxification, and conversion of useful resources into secondary raw materials and final products. From the standpoint of the environmental approach, there are serious efficiency imbalances in the pulp and paper industry, which justify the implementation of circular mechanisms for organizing economic systems. The overall efficiency is ensured by the use of renewable resources and obtaining environmental effects. Algorithms and parameters of green biotechnological regulations for pulp and paper industry waste recycling provide the possibility of microbiological production of a complex of products: biocomposites, bioplastics, medical products, fertilizers, feed additives, vitamin supplements, and bioenergy resources. A strategy for the efficient biochemical processing of pulp and paper waste into green ethanol was determined. The possibility of increasing the efficiency of alcoholic fermentation using various biocatalysts was experimentally confirmed. The technological features of this method, associated with the need for microaerobic fermentation modes, were determined.

Keywords: pulp and paper industry; circular economy; biorefining; recycling; bioethanol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E F I J O Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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