The BASF group and Thyssen Handelsunion are competing for Germany's first plastics-to-petrochemicals recycling contract from the Duales System Deutschland (DSD), which collects packaging wastes.
The contract was set to be awarded on 16 February by Deutsche Kunststoffrecycling (DKR), the company replacing the plastics industry's own VGK as a partner for the Duales system. However, the DKR supervisory board failed to reach a decision on the competing offers, involving the conversion of some 700,000t of post-consumer wastes in 1996. It hinted that it may try to renegotiate with the bidders and a final decision is now not expected around mid-March.
In April, BASF will …
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