Increasing circularity in transport packaging

At BASF's Ludwigshafen site in Germany, more than 3.000 Composite Intermediate Bulk Containers (C-IBCs) are handled each month. They represent safe and cost-efficient solutions for storage and transportation of liquid substances, specifically for products with large volumes.  

Since October 2024, BASF’s dispersions business has been in the process of switching to alternative C-IBCs with a minimum of 30% recycled content for all dispersions manufactured at the Ludwigshafen site. These containers are now increasingly used in deliveries to customers and will ultimately fully replace the standard variants. The recycled alternatives help to avoid plastic waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 6 kg CO₂eq per C-IBC container. 

At a global level, BASF is progressively switching to recyclate variants for C-IBCs and other relevant packaging types to deliver BASF sales products. This is part of our strategy to work towards a Circular Economy and of our commitment as a member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a global alliance of nearly 50 major global companies with the aim to reduce and eliminate plastic waste in the environment.  

In addition, this ensures that we can provide packaging to our customers that will – early on – already comply with upcoming stricter legislation on plastic recycling, e.g. as detailed in the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).