Bicycle bag reduces CO2 footprint thanks to raw materials made from recycled old tires

„Pendik“ bicycle bag from the pinqponq brand by baesiq GmbH

The new „Pendik“ bicycle bag from the pinqponq brand by baesiq GmbH (Cologne) has a significantly reducedCO2 footprint thanks to BASF’s Ultramid® Ccycled®, a mass-balanced polyamide that supports the use of alternative raw materials from the chemical recycling of plastic waste.

Certified mass balanced materials

BASF feeds pyrolysis oil from used tires at the beginning of the production network in Ludwigshafen, thus replacing the fossil resources otherwise required for the product. The proportion of recycled raw material is allocated to the Ultramid Ccycled products using a certified mass balance approach.

Extracted from secondary raw materials

With our ChemCycling®: project, we are concentrating on partnerships for chemical recycling with a focus on pyrolysis technology. This technology is used to extract a secondary raw material, pyrolysis oil, from plastic waste or used tires. We feed this oil into BASF’s Verbund production at the beginning of the value chain, which saves fossil resources. Using a mass balance approach audited by independent auditors, the proportion of recycled raw material is allocated to selected products manufactured in the Verbund.

High-quality recycled materials

These mass-balanced Ccycled® products are independently certified and have exactly the same properties as conventional products. Customers can process them in the same way and use them in demanding applications. ChemCycling® focuses on plastic waste that cannot be mechanically recycled for technological, economic, or ecological reasons. Examples include contaminated plastics, waste fractions from different types of plastic that are not further sorted, or used tires that are not recycled in any other way. Together, mechanical and chemical recycling can increase recycling rates and contribute to a more circular economy for plastics.