The new world order requires solutions integrating a sustainability-oriented approach to mitigate problems associated with population increase and overexploitation of renewable and non-renewable resources. In this regard, circular economy encourages the use of technologies that make it possible to reuse or take advantage of different types of waste. Thus, bioprocesses and technologies focused on the recovery of value-added products from wastewater can contribute to this end. The present study sought to identify the scientific and technological trajectory of this area of knowledge using bibliometric analysis, network analysis, and patent application analysis as a first approach to understand this problem. Some of the most relevant results are the identification of actors and dynamics around the progress of scientific and technological production in the generation of solutions aimed at contributing to sustainable development, with a particular emphasis on the need to generate technically and economically viable proposals based on adecuate policies and robust regulatory frameworks that allow for the adequate development of this activity.

新的世界秩序要求解决方案整合以可持续性为导向的方法，以减轻与人口增加以及可再生和不可再生资源过度开发有关的问题。在这方面，循环经济鼓励使用能够重复利用或利用不同类型废物的技术。因此，专注于从废水中回收增值产品的生物工艺和技术可以为此目的做出贡献。本研究试图利用文献计量分析，网络分析和专利申请分析来确定这一知识领域的科学技术轨迹，以此作为了解这一问题的第一种方法。