The collaboration is part of BASF’s ChemCyclingTM project which focusses on chemically reprocessing post-consumer plastic waste on an industrial scale. The pyrolysis oil is fed into the BASF Verbund in Ludwigshafen, thereby replacing fossil resources. The share of recycled raw material is allocated to certain products manufactured in the Verbund by using a third-party audited mass balance approach. The products which carry the name suffix “CcycledTM” have the exact same properties as those manufactured from fossil feedstock. Customers can therefore further process them in the same way as conventionally manufactured products and use them in applications with high demands regarding quality and performance, such as automotive parts.
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More recycled feedstock in value chains

 

When you choose a Ccycled® product, we replace 100% of the fossil raw materials which are normally needed for production of the product with pyrolisis oil in our Verbund production set-up. The pyrolisis oil is derived from chemically recycled plastic waste like end-of-life tires. This way, you contribute to saving finite fossil resources. To ensure transparency, compliance with the REDcert2 mass balance standard and the ISCC PLUS standard is independently certified for each Ccycled® intermediate.

ChemCycled (Ccycled®) Intermediates

  • 100% substitution of fossil with sustainably certified recycled raw materials in the value chain
  • Feedstock derived from chemical recycling of plastic waste
  • Contribution to saving of finite fossil resources
  • Drop-in solution: Identical quality and properties compared to standard BASF product
  • Mass balance approach certified according to well accepted standards like REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS

Product Highlights

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Offered from: Ludwigshafen (Germany)
Koresin® Ccycled®
Koresin is used as a high performance tackifier in the rubber industry. The outstanding tack performance of Koresin is highly appreciated in the production of tires.
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Offered from: Ludwigshafen (Germany)
PolyTHF® - Polytetrahydrofuran Ccycled®
PolyTHF® is the key raw material used to produce spandex fibers. It is also an important intermediate in manufacturing thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (TPU).
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Learn more about BASF's ChemCycling® approach

Die Zusammenarbeit ist Teil des BASF-Projekts ChemCyclingTM, das sich auf die chemische Verwertung von Post-Consumer-Kunststoffabfällen im industriellen Maßstab konzentriert. BASF speist das Pyrolyseöl in ihren Produktionsverbund in Ludwigshafen ein und ersetzt damit teilweise fossile Ressourcen. Der Anteil des recycelten Rohstoffs wird anhand eines Massenbilanzverfahrens bestimmten im Verbund hergestellten Produkten zugeordnet. Ein unabhängiger Auditor prüft die Allokation. Die Produkte, die den Namenszusatz "CcycledTM" tragen, haben exakt die gleichen Eigenschaften wie die aus fossilen Rohstoffen hergestellten Produkte. Die Kunden können diese daher auf die gleiche Weise weiterverarbeiten wie konventionell hergestellte Produkte und in Anwendungen einsetzen, die hohe Anforderungen an Qualität und Leistung haben, zum Beispiel Automobilteile.
The ChemCycling® project
ChemCycling® is the name of a chemical recycling project launched by BASF with the aim to manufacture products from chemically recycled plastic waste on an industrial scale.
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