Optimising the processing of plastic waste

Analysing materials in real time

20-Dec-2024 - Just one look in the yellow bin reveals a colourful jumble of different types of plastic. However, the purer and more uniform plastic waste is, the easier it is to recycle. In a new research project, the universities of Jena and Bayreuth, together with the companies BASF, Endress + Hauser Digital ...

Recycling of production waste: BASF and WHW Recycling make battery cell production more sustainable

Processing of cathode and anode waste from battery cell production provides mostly high-purity raw materials

19-Jun-2024 - BASF and WHW Recycling GmbH have entered an agreement on the processing of cathode and anode waste to make battery cell production in Europe more sustainable. WHW Recycling, a joint venture between Walch Holding and Štefan Hanigovský, owner of the Slovakian waste management company Fecupral, is a ...

BASF has started prototype metal refinery for battery recycling

Innovative technology extracts lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and battery production scrap

18-Apr-2024 - BASF has successfully started operating its prototype metal refinery for battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. The state-of-the-art plant allows for the development of operational procedures and the optimization of innovative battery recycling technology, processing end-of-life lithium-ion ...

BASF and Stena Recycling partner in recycling of electric vehicle batteries in Europe

BASF will further process and refine black mass in its battery recycling prototype metal refinery in Schwarzheide, Germany

10-Jan-2024 - BASF and Stena Recycling have entered into a black mass purchase agreement. This agreement is part of a broader collaboration envisaged by BASF and Stena Recycling with the goal of setting up a battery recycling value chain for the European electric vehicle battery market. The focus of the ...

Battery materials meet recycling: BASF close the loop in the European battery value chain

Inauguration of first state-of-the-art high-performance cathode active materials production plant in Germany

30-Jun-2023 - Together with customers, politicians and partners, BASF celebrated the opening of Europe’s first co-located center of battery material production and battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. The inauguration of a state-of-the-art production facility for high-performance cathode active ...

BASF Venture Capital invests in startup DePoly

DePoly develops low-energy and selective chemical recycling technologies for polyester waste streams

28-Jun-2023 - BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture company of the BASF Group, announced an investment in the Swiss startup DePoly SA (DePoly), a sustainable plastic solutions provider developing a unique chemical recycling technology. Founded in 2020, the company has developed a chemical ...

BASF and greentech start-up company ARCUS sign agreement on the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste

06-Sep-2022 - BASF SE has concluded a framework agreement for the purchase of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste with ARCUS Greencycling Technologies GmbH, a technology company based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The two companies want to contribute their respective know-how to the value chain in order to ...

BASF to build commercial scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

Annual processing capacity of 15,000 tons of EV batteries and production scrap

22-Jun-2022 - BASF will build a commercial scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. This investment strengthens BASF’s cathode active materials (CAM) production and recycling hub in Schwarzheide. The site is an ideal location for the build-up of battery recycling activities given the ...

BASF invests in Oceanworks, a sustainable plastic sourcing platform

Startup offers platform for ocean, ocean-bound, and post-consumer-recycled (PCR) plastic sourcing

31-Mar-2022 - BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture company of BASF Group, announced a strategic investment in Oceanworks, a sustainable plastic solutions provider that brings traceability and transparency through digitalization to recycled plastics. Oceanworks is based in the U.S. and offers ...

BASF and NEVEON co-operate on mattress recycling

First trials on chemical recycling of mattresses successful

17-Feb-2022 - BASF and foam specialist NEVEON are working together to further develop the recycling of mattresses. The aim is to establish a closed product loop for mattresses. Currently, discarded mattresses are mainly thermally recycled or disposed of in landfills. BASF and NEVEON want to change this and ...