# LANXESS

> LANXESS reports 164,000 tonnes of secondary reused or recycled components in 2025; 160,000 tonnes is the restated 2024 figure. Separately, its Inorganic Pigments business unit used 154,000 tonnes of secondary scrap in production during 2025. These are distinct input measures and do not establish recovered output, product allocation or material available to external buyers.

- Industry: Chemicals & Advanced Materials
- Collection: Active
- Materials: Batteries, Plastics, Water
- Processes: Recycling
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/lanxess

## Material inputs to resolve

Specialty chemicals, circular raw materials and product lifecycle management

LANXESS's 2025 Annual Report distinguishes company-wide resource inflows from a business-unit-specific production input. It reports 164,000 tonnes of secondary reused or recycled components in 2025 (160,000 tonnes in 2024, restated) and separately reports 154,000 tonnes of secondary scrap used in production by Inorganic Pigments in 2025. The report also records a 38% reduction in total landfilled waste against the 2021 base year. These measures do not establish product-level allocation, recovered output or external availability.

**164,000 t** Secondary reused or recycled components, 2025

**160,000 t** Restated prior-year 2024 figure

**154,000 t** Secondary scrap used in Inorganic Pigments production, 2025

**38%** Reduction in total landfilled waste vs. 2021 base year

- Specialty chemicals, inorganic pigments, recycled scrap, bio-based inputs, renewable energy and process materials
- Supplier raw-material data, product carbon footprint, formulations and customer applications
- Post-use products, packaging, waste streams and recycling routes

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Pigments, additives, plastics, active ingredients, battery components and specialty chemicals
- Process waste, wastewater, packaging and customer product streams
- Product-level allocation, cycle classification and recovery evidence remain open

**First decision:** Choose one LANXESS product or business unit. Map raw-material classification, formulation, supplier evidence, customer use, technical or biological cycle and end-of-life route.

## Data signal

LANXESS uses a calculation tool to classify purchased raw materials as bio-based, circular or renewable.

#### Secondary input signal

LANXESS reports 164,000 tonnes of secondary reused or recycled components in 2025; the restated 2024 figure is 160,000 tonnes. This is a resource-inflow measure, not recovered output. 2025 Annual Report [4]

#### Pigment signal

LANXESS reports 154,000 tonnes of secondary scrap used in its Inorganic Pigments business, establishing input scale but not a product-specific performance claim.

#### Waste signal

LANXESS reports a 38% reduction in total landfilled waste from the 2021 baseline.

### Decision boundary

LANXESS has the beginnings of a material-accounting system that can support product decisions. It reports 160,000 tonnes of secondary reused or recycled components and 154,000 tonnes of secondary scrap in its Inorganic Pigments business. Those figures establish input scale, not a customer-ready product claim. The next decision is one formulation where the raw-material classification, lot evidence, performance requirement and end-of-life pathway can be tested together. The public record supports one bounded next move: Choose one LANXESS product or business unit. Map raw-material classification, formulation, supplier evidence, customer use, technical or biological cycle and end-of-life route. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

## Material flow map

| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Circular and renewable inputs | Origin, classification, purity and allocation | Chemical or pigment production | Supplier, lot, method and product |
| Pigments and additives | Function, safety, durability and use cycle | Plastics, coatings or customer formulation | BOM, application, test and fate |
| Waste and end of life | Sorting, recovery, biodegradability and destination | Technical or biological cycle | Market, route, quality and output |

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

## Three defensible entry lanes

#### Turn classification into procurement action

A raw-material label matters when it changes a product, supplier decision and customer claim.

**Next evidence:** Select product, input, supplier, classification, test and statement.

#### Join secondary scrap to product demand

The Inorganic Pigments signal is strongest when scrap quality and destination are visible.

**Next evidence:** Select scrap source, processing, pigment grade, customer and allocation.

#### Make cycle classification practical

Specialty chemicals can move through technical or biological cycles. The use and fate must be defined.

**Next evidence:** Select product, application, cycle, recovery or degradation route and evidence.

## Evidence register

- **Corporate sustainability reporting** LANXESS, official reporting hub https://lanxess.com/en/company/energizing-sustainability/certifications-and-ratings/reporting [1]
- **Annual Report 2025 circularity section** LANXESS, official report PDF https://lanxess.com/-/media/project/lanxess/corporate-internet/investors/reporting/2025/q4/2025-ar-lxs-web.pdf?hash=D445E71C11B53EFC294B7E683CA9435B&original=true [2]
- **Sustainable waste management** LANXESS, official circularity and waste page https://lanxess.com/en/company/energizing-sustainability/environmental-stewardship/sustainable-waste-management [3]

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

**Evidence boundary:** LANXESS reports 2025 resource-inflow and Inorganic Pigments secondary-scrap input measures, but does not establish from these figures which product or grade received the input, its recovered output, or whether any stream is available to an external buyer.

## Sources

- [1] Corporate sustainability reporting - https://lanxess.com/en/company/energizing-sustainability/certifications-and-ratings/reporting
- [2] Annual Report 2025 circularity section - https://lanxess.com/-/media/project/lanxess/corporate-internet/investors/reporting/2025/q4/2025-ar-lxs-web.pdf?hash=D445E71C11B53EFC294B7E683CA9435B&original=true
- [3] Sustainable waste management - https://lanxess.com/en/company/energizing-sustainability/environmental-stewardship/sustainable-waste-management
- [4] LANXESS Annual Report 2025 - https://lanxess.com/-/media/project/lanxess/corporate-internet/investors/annual-stockholders-meeting/documents-for-the-stockholders-meeting/2026/en/alanxess-management-report-2025top-1.pdf?hash=B8C06599A8251A91801A9860771FDA62&original=true - The report's resource-inflows table gives 164,000 tonnes for 2025 and a restated prior-year 2024 value of 160,000 tonnes. It separately reports 154,000 tonnes of secondary scrap used in production in the Inorganic Pigments business unit. These are company-reported input measures, not recovered output or available supply.

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