German chemicals and plastics giant BASF (Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com) said it will establish its ChemCycling approach that processes plastics waste into ISSC Plus-certified recycled feedstocks in the US.

The company said raw materials derived from conventional production will be processed into chemically recycled building blocks at its joint-venture BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals (BTP) facility in Port Arthur, Texas, using a mass balance approach. The resulting materials would partially replace fossil resources, it added. 

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The building blocks can be used for many BASF products manufactured in the US, including super absorbent polymers, engineered plastics, or polyurethanes. The company noted that its so-called Ccycled brand materials produced using the recycled feedstock offer the same properties as conventional grades made from fossil resources.