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Discover how we are driving #OurPlasticsJourney across all three phases of the product lifecycle (Make, Use, Recycle) forward – from the use of alternative raw materials in production to improving our plastics in the use phase, to various recycling solutions. Use the filters below to find your topics of interest.

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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.
# RECYCLE
Chemical Recycling
Recycled material
ChemCycling® 
Recycling plays an increasingly important role due to limited resources, growing sustainability requirements on the markets and regulatory developments.
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Products
Medical Technology
Explore medical technology solutions with engineering plastics for patient safety and advanced medical applications ➤ Discover innovation with BASF ✅
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# RECYCLE
RECYCLE - Unlocking potential through complementary recycling technologies
To accelerate #ourplasticsjourney, we are working with partners along the value chain on several projects of different maturity levels. We offer solutions that further improve mechanical recycling and use new, innovative and complementary chemical recycling technologies on a large scale. Find out more about our projects.
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# RECYCLE
Chemical Recycling
Welcome to the future of recycling: Solvent-Based Recycling
BASF, Mercedes-Benz, and Poeppelmann teamed up  to kick-off the next level in physical recycling: revamping the Polyamide 6 (PA6) fraction from the shredder residue of end-of-life vehicles (ASR). Using a special solvent-based recycling process, they turn this material into high-quality plastics that can be used in new car parts. Read more.
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# RECYCLE
Chemical Recycling
Mass balanced products
Turning Automotive Waste into Value with Gasification
How gasification turns automotive waste into quality materials, enabling circularity and defossilization in car manufacturing.
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# RECYCLE
Chemical Recycling
Welcome to the Future of Recycling: PA6 Depolymerisation
BASF, Mercedes-Benz, and ZF Group have teamed up to do something pretty cool: demonstrating how even heavily used and contaminated plastic parts made from Polyamid 6 (PA6) can be recycled into virgin like polymer compounds at pilot scale using a recycling method called depolymerization. Normally, these parts would just get burned. Now? They get a second chance. Find out more.
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Products
Automotive
We create advanced automotive solutions using high‑performance materials that enable eMobility, lightweight design, and sustainable technologies. Developed by BASF. ✅
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Emission reduction
Corporate carbon footprint
BASF has published a comprehensive corporate carbon footprint since 2008, the only industrial enterprise worldwide to do so.
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Extended Ultrason® P portfolio by BASF enables re-qualification of food‑contact articles like reusable bottles, catering tableware and high-heat pans affected by EU Regulation 2024/3190. Photo: BASF 2026
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Industries and products
Extended Ultrason® P portfolio by BASF enables compliant re-qualification of food‑contact articles affected by EU Regulation 2024/3190
For high-temperature applications in contact with food, BASF is now offering a portfolio of polyphenlysulfone (PPSU) grades which is not based on Bisphenol S (BPS) and Bisphenol A (BPA).
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Industries and products
Products
Electronics & Electric
High-performance polymers for electric & electrical components ➤ Ensure excellent electrical performance, flame retardant safety & superior mechanical properties ☆ Explore now ✅ BASF
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