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Sustainable Development

FEICA Video - the world of adhesives and sealants

In the transition pathway to an increasingly circular economy, adhesives and sealants contribute to product efficiency and circularity, creating a more sustainable society and tackling the ongoing climate crisis.

The use of adhesives and sealants in many sectors, including construction, automotive, and energy production, contributes to reducing the carbon footprint of a surprising number of everyday and advanced products and manufacturing processes, creating a 'new licence to do business in the 21st century'.

Supporting the UK aim to be climate-neutral by 2050 – an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions - BASA members are looking into different end-of-life solutions, such as recycling processes like mechanical recycling, physical (dissolution) recycling and chemical recycling (chemolysis, pyrolysis, gasification, enzymolysis, etc.). Chemical recycling, as a recycling option, could enable circular value chains in industries and help to decouple from fossil raw material sources.

We are working with FEICA to help members achieve these goals and an overview of FEICA publications and guidance papers can be read here.

FEICA Sustainable Development Agenda

If you work for a BASA member company why not join our Environment & Sustainability Working Group to help us provide the tools to members to begin and maintain their sustainability journet.