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- 2 June 2023
Emmanuel Macron, President of France
“Transforming plastic waste into recycled and recyclable plastic, this is the mission of French company Carbios. Thanks to the ongoing support of the French government,...
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- 23 March 2022
Surge into plastic recycling by chemicals and oil groups meets pushback
Industry tests the definition of sustainability as it uses energy-intensive processes to break down waste.
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- 5 February 2022
How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem
[…] The most advanced project is run by Carbios, a French biotechnology company. In September 2021 it opened a pilot plant in Clermont-Ferrand, where it will...
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- 17 November 2021
MIT Technology Review
Carbios has been developing enzymatic recycling since the company was founded in 2011. Its process relies on enzymes to chop up the long chains of polymers that make up plastic.
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- 31 October 2021
Enzymatic recycling: Carbios inaugurates industrial demonstration plant
On September 29, 2021, we were invited to attend the opening event of the industrial demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand / France. Carbios pursues two goals...
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- 3 May 2021
Plastics Today – Michelin Approves Use of Polyester Tire Cord Recycled from Waste PET Bottles
“Nearly three billion plastic bottles per year could be recycled into technical fibers for use in the company’s tires by applying Carbios’ enzymatic recycling technology...
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- 8 April 2020
Publication of an article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature
We made the cover of Nature!
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Press releases
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Carbios and L’Oréal win Pioneer Award for the world’s first enzymatically recycled cosmetic bottle
14 November 2023 | 17h30The Solar Impulse Foundation recognizes Carbios’ breakthrough innovation and its adoption in 2021 by L’Oréal with the world’s first fully enzymatically recycled plastic cosmetic bottle...
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Carbios obtains building and operating permits, in line with announced schedule, for world’s first PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville
26 October 2023 | 6h45The simultaneous acquisition of the building permit and operating authorization allows construction work to start as planned for the plant’s commissioning in 2025 The building...
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Carbios Places Sustainability at the Heart of its Governance with New Appointment to its Executive Committee
23 October 2023 | 18h00Appointment of Bénédicte GARBIL, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, and member of the Executive Committee Clermont-Ferrand (France), 23 October 2023 (6pm...
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Carbios demonstrates superior performance of its enzyme in world-renowned scientific publication
12 October 2023 | 6h45The publication in ACS Catalysis, one of the world’s most influential scientific journals, compares the four best performing enzymes for PET degradation under industrial conditions...
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Carbios unveils major innovation in polyester recycling with new textile preparation line, in the presence of Roland Lescure, French Minister of Industry
2 October 2023 | 18h00Polyester textiles account for 2/3 of the global PET market of around 100 million tons. Only 13% of textile waste is currently recycled, and only...
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Carbios incorporates its Purpose into company statutes and presents the results of its Special Meeting and Annual General Meeting of 22 June 2023
28 June 2023 | 19h00The General Meeting held on 22 June 2023 voted to incorporate the Carbios Purpose into the company statutes Carbios publishes the results of the Special...