Biointelligent Waste-to-X systems: A novel concept for sustainable, decentralized and interconnected value creation

Climate change, increase in waste generation, depletion of natural resources and the insufficient use of renewable resources are major issues the world has to deal with. The development and implementation of sustainable waste management strategies are required in order to establish a circular economy and to harness new sources of renewable energy. A possible solution is the concept of biointelligence, which describes a highly digitalized as well as bio-hybrid mode of interconnected production. Following nature's example, synergies between technical processes in terms of energy and materials are to be identified and utilized. Furthermore, availabilities of sustainable waste sources and consumer needs must be aligned in order to achieve a technology-based demand economy. After recent literature outlined a basic model of a biointelligent value creation system consisting of numerous on-site units, this paper introduces the concept of biointelligent Waste-to-X systems as a technological substantiation. A description of the system model as well as example technologies are presented in order to serve as a basis for their implementation.