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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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# 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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Industries and products
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
# USE
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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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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Im Motorraum werden Kunststoffe für Pumpen und Ventile aufgrund der steigenden Anforderungen der E-Mobilität unter Hydrolysebedingungen (Wasser-Glykol) getestet. Mithilfe der Arrhenius-Gleichung lässt sich die Lebensdauer von Kunststoffkomponenten – wie dem Ultramid® Polyamid mit verbesserter Hydrolysebeständigkeit, Glasfaserverstärkung und geringem Halogengehalt – zuverlässig auf über 100.000 Stunden extrapolieren. So kann, wie in diesem Fall sichergestellt werden, dass die geforderten 45.000 bis 55.000 Betriebsstunden erreicht werden. Foto: BASF
# USE
Industries and products
Innovative polyamide materials from BASF meet new requirements of eMobility
With the further development of eMobility, the requirements for the ageing resistance of plastics in contact with chemicals are increasing significantly.
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# MAKE
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.
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Issues and Positions

Find our position papers on various plastics-related topics ready to download here.