Plastics & Rubber

Plastics & Rubber

On the way to rethink plastics

Plastics bring many advantages, but especially their production and disposal also bring challenges. As a plastics manufacturer, we at BASF accept this responsibility and are working on different recycling solutions to give more plastics a new life. How we want to do that? Learn more about our solutions on this page –  how we change the way we make, use and recycle plastics. 

#Ourplasticsjourney has begun, now it is time for you to embark.

We at BASF want to explore new ways to make the lifecycle of plastics more sustainable: from how we can produce plastics more resource-efficiently, to how we can use them better, to how we can give them a new life. We call this transformation #ourplasticsjourney

But we cannot do it on our own. That is why we are working with partners along the value chain and Go!create solutions together. Together we can reach our goal of a cleaner tomorrow faster.

# RECYCLE
The importance of recycling: exploring the potentials of complementary recycling technologies
To accelerate #ourplasticjourney, we are working with partners along the value chain on a variety of projects with different maturity levels. We offer solutions that further improve mechanical recycling and aim to use new, innovative and complementary chemical recycling technologies on a large scale.

Discover how we bring #ourplasticsjourney across all three phases of the product lifecycle (Make, Use, Recycle) forward – from the use of alternative raw materials to various recycling solutions. Use the filters below to find your topics of interest.

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Use of renewable material
Biomass balance approach
A groundbreaking way of using renewable resources in production
In BASF’s ChemCycling™ project, plastic waste is transformed into pyrolysis oil using a thermochemical process. The oil can be fed in the BASF Verbund, replacing fossil resources. Using a mass balance approach, new products are manufactured with it. These have the same properties as products from fossil raw materials. BASF works together with partners such as Quantafuel, a startup headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Quantafuel is specialized in the pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and the integrated purification of the resulting oil. Dr. Michael Bachtler (right), who is working on BASF’s ChemCycling™ project, and Rasmus Kærsgaard (left), Plant Director at Quantafuel in Quantafuel’s pyrolysis and purification plant in Skive, Denmark.
Use of recycled material
ChemCycling® 
In ChemCycling®, BASF uses recycled feedstock derived from plastic waste for our broad Ccycled® product portfolio. The recycled feedstock is attributed to the certified Ccycled® products through a mass balance approach. BASF customers have successfully introduced Ccycled® products in various industries like (food) packaging, medical, textile and automotive.
Mechanical Recycling
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Improve quality of Sorting with trinamiX Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution – boost purity with Chemetall Washing solutions and Enhance recycled polymers for their new life with IrgaCycle® additives.
Go!Create partnerships
Alliance to end plastic waste
Measures to reduce emissions
Use of renewable material
Our Carbon Management
We want to live up to our responsibility for climate protection. One way we do this is with our products, which enable our customers to lower CO2 emissions. But that is not all: We also become more efficient in our production and energy use, we will increase our use of renewable energies and we will accelerate the development and deployment of new CO2-free processes for the production of chemicals.
Our views on plastics topics
Viewpoint on RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS
Products made from renewable raw materials (biomass) directly and indirectly reduce fossil carbon usage all over the world. Find out more on our position regarding renewable raw materials.
Our views on plastics topics
Viewpoint on UN PLASTICS TREATY
At BASF, we support the call for a UN treaty on plastics to combat pollution. Find out more about our position.
Our views on plastics topics
Viewpoint on CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF PLASTICS
Chemical recycling is an emerging technology and BASF is convinced that it contributes to a reduction of CO2 emissions and circular economy of plastics, together with mechanical and organic recycling. Find out more about our position.
Our views on plastics topics
Viewpoint on the MASS BALANCE APPROACH
The mass balance approach is a recognized chain-of-custody model. BASF uses the mass balance model to replace fossil feedstocks with renewable or recycled feedstocks to speed up the transition to a low carbon, circular (bio-)economy. Find out more about our position here.
Our views on plastics topics
Viewpoint on PACKAGING and PACKAGING WASTE REGUGALATION (PPWR)
BASF is committed to bring net-zero emissions and circularity together and sees the proposed revision to the EU packaging and packaging waste legislation (PPWR) as an important tool to drive this development. Find out more about our position here.

You wonder what our new solutions and approaches look like in practice? Then discover our wide range of products and the different industries in which we are active:  

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The challenges are huge. Join us on #ourplasticsjourney and leave us a message below. Together, we can reach our goal faster.

So, let's join forces and Go!Create together.

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