You open the fridge and grab a bag of salad. The plastics used to package food can contain materials like Lupolen or Ultramid. They are manufactured by the chemical company BASF. You put on your Adidas to go for a run. Some models in the Boost range incorporate a material called Infinergy in the sole. Also from BASF. On the way back, you pass by a toy store and see some Playmobil: the hands and joints of the figures have been manufactured with a plastic called Ultraform. From BASF. Even the building where you live may be insulated with Styropor, a type of expanded polystyrene. It has been manufactured by BASF since 1951.

The German multinational Basf keeps it "paused", but does not give up The large electric car battery recycling plant that plans to build in Tarragona, explained BASF's general manager in Spain, Carles Navarro, on Tuesday. The plant was supposed to create 200 direct jobs and the same number of indirect jobs, with significant public aid, including €100 million from the European Union.

The multinational BASF has not had to shut down any of its plants in Spain for the moment due to the high price of energy. However, it does not rule out having to do so "if things continue to worsen", as the director of the German chemical company in the Iberian Peninsula, Carles Navarro, admitted Tuesday. The company's top executive indicated that in the last year the cost of electricity at the Tarragona plant, the company's main plant in Spain, had multiplied by 5.5.