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Products with Renewable Content
Bio-based Products
BASF's dedicated bio-based portfolio offers solutions for multiple applications. These can include drop-in replacements for fossil alternatives or new products that cannot be cost-effectively achieved with a fossil feedstock.
Biopolymers
How certified compostable and soil-biodegradable biopolymers contribute to a circular economy
BASF has been researching biodegradable, bio-based, and certified compostable biopolymers for more than 30 years. The continuous development of these high-performance plastics takes place in close cooperation with customers, research institutes, and local authorities. The focus always lies on the biopolymer's best environmental performance in regard to advancing organic recycling. The environmental safety, cost efficiency, and social consequences have to be examined for each application life cycle to find the most suitable material with the greatest benefit. With the development of every new application, the added value of organic recycling of biopolymers should be considered.
Bioplastics as a means to increase organic recycling
Bioplastics do not substitute conventional plastics but complement them as special materials. They offer new properties and application possibilities, and increase organic recycling.
They are, for example, the optimal solution for certified compostable
- Organic waste bags, dual-use shopping bags
- Cling film
- Fruit and vegetable bags
- Food packaging, e.g. coffee capsules, cups, lids, trays
- Coatings of cups and wrappings made of paper or cardboard
- Soil-biodegradable mulch films in agriculture.
Correctly employed, biopolymers can contribute to reducing food waste, returning nutrients to the soil by greater volumes of compost generated, or by avoiding the accumulation of microplastics in agricultural soil caused by thin mulch films made of polyethylene. BASF's ecoflex® and ecovio® make an important contribution to circular economy by increasing organic recycling and closing the loop of the food value chain.
