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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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Leaders of Sustainable Packaging Coalition welcome French company CARBIOS as new member
11 December 2017 | 6h45Clermont-Ferrand, France, December 11, 2017 (06:45 AM CET) – CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), pioneer company in the field of bioplasturgy, has joined the Sustainable...
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CARBIOS wins EuropaBio’s 2017 Most Innovative EU Biotech SME Award
24 November 2017 | 6h45Clermont-Ferrand, France, November 24, 2017 (06:45 a.m. CET) – CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), pioneer company in the field of bioplasturgy, today announces that it...
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L’ORÉAL and CARBIOS sign agreement to jointly found consortium for bio-recycling of plastic on industrial scale
27 October 2017 | 6h45Paris, France, 27 October 2017 – (06:45 a.m. CEST) – CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB – ISIN: FR0011648716), a pioneer in the field of bioplasturgy,...
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First production of virgin PET from post-consumer plastic bottles treated by enzymatic hydrolysis
12 October 2017 | 6h45Clermont-Ferrand, France, October 12, 2017 (06:45 AM CEST) – CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), pioneer company in the field of bioplasturgy, today announces that it...
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CARBIOS appoints a Deputy CEO and reinforces its Board of Directors
4 July 2017 | 6h45Clermont-Ferrand, France, July 4, 2017 (06:45 AM CEST) – CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), pioneer company in the field of bioplasturgy, announces the appointment of...
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CARBIOS and TechnipFMC sign a contract on PET enzymatic biorecycling
27 June 2017 | 6h45Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon, June 27, 2017 (06h45 AM CEST) – CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), an innovative green chemistry company specializing in enzymatic bioprocesses applied...