Petrochemicals
Circularity at Styrenics
Sustainability througout the value chain: from production to recycling
Circular economy is gaining importance - value chains establish sustainable solutions such as reduced waste, improved reuse, chemical and mechanical recycling.
We create chemistry for a sustainable future. The circular economy of BASF´s styrenics product portfolio shows how sustainable packaging and construction can work. By reducing our emissions, we are making our contribution to climate protection.
MAKE - Raw material production at BASF
The mass balance approach at BASF
The chemical industry uses a small number of raw materials to create tens of thousands of different products.
Classically, the lion’s share of chemical production starts in the steam cracker, where steam is used to split or “crack” naphtha, a long-chain hydrocarbon, into smaller molecules. These molecules then serve as the building blocks for downstream production. They include, for example, hydrogen, methane, ethylene and propylene, which are mainly processed into plastics, coatings, solvents and crop protection products.
Alternative feedstocks can be fed into the Verbund at the beginning of the production and allocated to products via the mass balance approach.
USE - Use phase
RECYCLE - Our solutions for the circular economy
