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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Heidelberg University and BASF extend collaboration at jointly operated catalysis laboratory CaRLa

One focus is now on new processes for chemical recycling of plastic waste

11-Dec-2023 - BASF and Heidelberg University will continue to jointly operate the Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) for a further five years. The two partners signed an agreement to continue this successful research collaboration until 2028. Currently, 10 researchers are employed at CaRLa. Since the ...

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Net-zero chemicals industry initiative relaunches as the Global Impact Coalition

The CEO-led chemical industry initiative, incubated by the World Economic Forum, has been relaunched

05-Dec-2023 - To drive the global chemical industry on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050, the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative, incubated and hosted by the World Economic Forum for more than three years, has now officially launched as the independent Global Impact Coalition. With a suite ...

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BASF and Nanotech Energy partner for lithium-ion batteries with locally recycled content in North America

BASF will be the first company in North America to provide cathode active materials produced with recycled metals on a commercial scale starting in 2024

13-Sep-2023 - BASF, a globally leading battery materials producer, and Nanotech Energy, a worldwide leader in the field of graphene-based energy storage products, have agreed to partner to significantly reduce the CO2 footprint of Nanotech’s lithium-ion batteries for the North American market. The agreement ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Efficient recovery of lithium from end-of-life batteries and battery production scrap

BASF and Tenova agree long-term cooperation for battery recycling

23-Feb-2023 - BASF has entered into a long-term collaboration agreement with Tenova Advanced Technologies (TAT) of Yokneam, Israel, for its battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. Both companies agreed to jointly optimize the hydrometallurgical recycling process, leveraging TAT’s novel ...

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