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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 achieves a new key milestone in the development of its controlled biodegradation process for disposable soft plastics
16 July 2014 | 11h27Carbios (NYSE Alternext in Paris: ALCRB), an innovative green chemistry company specializing in breakthrough technologies dedicated to the recovery of plastic waste and the production...
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Carbios stresses the need for the biodiversity bill in the French Parliament to promote all biodegradable plastics, and not just bio-based ones
2 July 2014 | 11h12Carbios focuses on the recycling of all plastic wastes to minimize their environmental impact and advocates a sustainable circular economy model Carbios (NYSE Alternext in...
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Carbios welcomes two new Board Members: Pascal Juéry and Dominique Even
19 June 2014 | 11h08A strengthened board of directors to support the company’s corporate and business strategy Carbios (NYSE Alternext in Paris: ALCRB), an innovative green chemistry company specializing...
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CARBIOS eligible to French PEA-PME (in French)
1 April 2014 | 8h00Clermont-Ferrand, le 1er avril 2014 – Carbios (Alternext Paris : ALCRB), société innovante de chimie verte développant des technologies de pointe pour la valorisation des...
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CARBIOS and SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT sign a preliminary agreement for a future collaboration to optimize the recovery of plastic waste
29 November 2013 | 8h35Carbios, a green chemistry company developing cutting-edge technologies in the recovery of plastic waste and the production of bio-polymers, and SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT announced the signing of...
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CARBIOS achieves the first key milestone in the THANAPLASTTM project and receives almost 1.7 million euros from Bpifrance
7 October 2013 | 8h27Major results from Carbios and Valagro confirm the possibility of planning the life cycle of plastics as claimed by the CNRS / Valagro patent given...