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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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Leading fashion company joins fiber-to-fiber consortium founded by Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon
18 February 2023 | 23h45The consortium welcomes PVH Corp. to leverage the partnership and support the industrial scale development of Carbios’ unique biorecycling process, setting new global standards for...
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Carbios appoints four new Board members to strengthen international expertise in brand development, business growth and scientific research
7 February 2023 | 18h00Carbios strengthens its Board of Directors with the appointments of Prof. Karine AUCLAIR, Sandrine CONSEILLER, Amandine DE SOUZA and Mateus SCHREINER GARCEZ LOPES Carbios has...
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Carbios successfully concludes CE-PET project supported by the French State as part of the Investments for the Future Programme, now integrated into France 2030, and operated by ADEME, which demonstrated the application of its PET biorecycling technology to textiles
3 February 2023 | 8h54The Carbios technology proven with waste bottles and trays has been transposed to textile waste at pilot scale, a major advance for this sector which...
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Carbios strengthens Executive Committee in pivotal year for industrial and commercial development
26 January 2023 | 6h45Appointment of Martine BRISSET as General Manager Biodegradation Division, Senior Vice President of Carbios Group, and Executive Committee Member Appointment of Delphine DENOIZÉ, Innovation Programs...
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Carbios and Novozymes strengthen collaboration with long-term exclusive strategic partnership to secure worldwide leadership in biorecycling of PET
12 January 2023 | 6h45Exclusive agreement with Novozymes, world leader in enzyme production, ensures enzyme supply for Carbios’ unique recycling technology at industrial scale for future Longlaville operations and...
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Carbios publishes first Sustainability Report and underscores commitment to circularity and environmental responsibilities
15 December 2022 | 6h45Carbios today published its first Sustainability Report using 2021 as the baseline year. The report outlines Carbios’ commitment to developing environmental, social and governance (ESG)...