BASF's Biomass Balanced Plastic Additives Cut Carbon Footprint by 60% -- OPIS
19 Septiembre 2023 - 12:48PM
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German chemical behemoth BASF has launched the first biomass
balanced plastic additives that can replace fossil fuel-based
plastic additives and reduce a product's carbon footprint by up to
60%, according to a news release on Tuesday.
The new additives are manufactured using renewable feedstocks
rather than fossil-fuel feedstocks and so can help support a
company's sustainability targets by, for example, conserving fossil
fuels, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to BASF.
At the start of the production process, the fossil fuel
feedstock is replaced by a renewable one certified by the
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC Plus),
an international certification program that ensures the chain of
custody along the value chain from feedstock to the final
product.
The additives are certified by TÜV Nord for mass balance,
according to the ISCC Plus.
According to the BASF website, under the biomass balance
approach, renewable resources such as bio-naphtha or bio-methane
derived from organic waste, crops or vegetable oils are used as
feedstock in the very first steps of chemical production. The
bio-based feedstock amount is then allocated to specific products
sold by means of the certified method, such as ISCC Plus.
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--Reporting by Yazdi Merchant, ymerchant@opisnet.com; Editing by
Rob Sheridan, rsheridan@opisnet.com
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