“…The crude glycerol produced as side stream during biodiesel production contains mainly glycerol (77–90%) followed by water (5.3–14.2%), salts (4.2–5.5% NaCl or 0.8–6.6% K 2 SO 4 ), ash (0.9–6.3%), residual methanol, mono-, di-, and tri-glycerides, free fatty acids, and other impurities depending on the raw material . The transition of the conventional biodiesel industry into a sustainable biorefinery could be based on crude glycerol valorization for the production of bio-based chemicals and polymers, such as microbial oil, 1,3-propanediol, poly (3-hydroxybutyrate), butanol, 2,3-butanediol (BDO), and succinic acid. − …”