Country:
Germany
Supervisor:
Dr. Annika Batel
BASF
BASF is a global manufacturer of chemistry, including plastics, biodegradable plastic, mulch foil and other agricultural products (crop protection, nitrogen management, seeds). BASF has companies in around 90 countries with 110,000 employees operating six ‘Verbund sites’ and 241 additional production sites worldwide. The laboratory infrastructure is capable to carry out sophisticated biopolymer analysis to develop agricultural solutions. This covers composting, soil biodegradation (e.g. OxiTops), sludge biodegradation and marine biodegradation tests.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 955334.