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.

Find out how!

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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Medical Technology

BASF offers medical plastics for applications such as inhalers, insulin pens, drug delivery devices, surgical instruments.

Industries and products

Use of recycled material

Measures to reduce emissions

Use of renewable material

MAKE - Targeting zero emissions by changing the way we make plastics

Fossil resources are limited. That's why we need to rethink the production, use and recycling of plastics. Find out more about how we at BASF are working on new ways to make the production of plastics more sustainable.

Chemical Recycling

Mechanical Recycling

Organics Recycling

Fighting plastic pollution

Transforming Waste into Opportunity

Together with partners worldwide, BASF is successfully implementing various circularity projects to address pressing environmental challenges, create a more sustainable future, and promote social development.

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Go!Create partnerships

Industries and products

The future of footwear is circular

BASF is collaborating with adidas to end plastic waste for a better and cleaner future. Since the launch of Futurecraft. Loop in 2019, adidas is moving more and more toward circularity with the diversification into new 100% recyclable shoe models using BASF TPU and Infinergy®. To further reduce the environmental impact, the future is circular products derived from renewable feedstocks.

Go!Create collaborations

Fighting plastic pollution

World Plastics Council

BASF joined the World Plastics Council (WPC) in 2018, a global organization of key leaders in the plastics industry., uniting efforts to promote responsible use of plastics. The WPC promotes industry topics of global relevance like the responsible use of plastics, efficient waste management and solutions to marine littering.

Go!Create collaborations

Fighting plastic pollution

Global Partners for Circularity

BASF supports the Global Partners for Plastics Circularity is a multinational collaboration of associations and companies that make, use and recycle plastics. Find out more about its ambition to eliminate plastic pollution.

Go!Create collaborations

Alliance to End Plastic Waste: teaming up for sustainability

Plastic waste is a huge global concern that no single organisation can address alone. That is why BASF, together with 55 companies, co-founded the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) to reduce plastic waste and organize a global recycling movement.

External studies

The Plastics Transition

Our industry’s roadmap for plastics in Europe to be circular and have net-zero emissions by 2050.

External studies

Reshaping plastics - Pathways to a Circular, Climate Neutral Plastics System in Europe

This report finds that a fully circular, net zero carbon emissions plastics system in Europe is possible. However, achieving it will require radical innovation, ambitious policies and significant capital investment. It focuses on four of the most important plastic-using sectors: packaging, household goods, automotive, and construction, and presents six scenarios, outlining which actions should be prioritized for different plastic applications in order to meet circularity and climate mitigation goals.

External studies

Plastics - The facts 2022

Plastics – the Facts is an analysis of the latest data related to plastics production, demand, conversion and end-of-life management in Europe. It also provides information on key figures of the European plastics industry.

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:

EPS by BASF

The re-invention of EPS - Since the invention of Styropor^® more than 70 years ago, our experts at BASF have succeeded in improving expandable polystyrene (EPS). The further development Neopor^® is established in the construction industry and insulation materials made of it make an important contribution to reducing CO₂emissions. With alternative manufacturing methods, we are reinventing EPS and offering solutions for a sustainable future.

How to get involved?

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.