PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS
“ This is why I love BASF so much . Sustainability is always at the heart of everything we do .”
Creating circularity through ChemCycling ® Both Mia and Matthias are strongly committed to circularity , seeing it as the winning solution to the sustainability challenges of material manufacturing . Targeted approaches to treating , re-using and recycling waste are essential to circularity .
“ We are fully committed to the circular economy , all recycling routes are necessary ,” asserts Matthias .
“ It depends on numerous factors which technology is to be preferred .”
Mia , who is leading BASF ’ s circular solutions , agrees .
“ There is no one single silver bullet that will solve what we are going through in terms of transformation ,” she says . “ That ’ s why we work on a lot of work streams and a lot of solutions , be it mechanical recycling , chemical recycling , organic recycling , pyrolysis , gasification .”
One solution is BASF ’ s chemical recycling project , known as ChemCycling ®. Addressing the ineffectiveness of mechanical recycling on many forms of plastic and mixed
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