CARBIOS and L’OCCITANE en Provence
present PET bottle made from enzymatic recycling
A transparent PET shower oil bottle made entirely from enzymatic recycling!
This bottle from the Amande range of L’OCCITANE en Provence was developed in collaboration with Pinard Beauty Pack. It symbolizes our common desire to build an efficient European sector, thus accelerating the transition to a circular economy for plastics and respecting the brands’ commitments for more environmentally friendly packaging solutions.
A sustainable European recycling sector set in motion
The bottle’s production began with the local supply of PET waste (already collected, sorted and prepared) to the CARBIOS demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The waste used consisted of colored bottles, multilayer trays and mechanical recycling residues, none of which are currently recycled using conventional technologies. CARBIOS deconstructed the PET waste into its original monomers, PTA and MEG, using its biorecycling technology. The resulting monomers were then repolymerized into new, fully recycled PET resins within Europe. In Oyonnax, France, these resins were blow-molded by Pinard Beauty Pack to create bottles according to L’OCCITANE’s specifications, and then filled with its shower oil at its Manosque plant.
This European approach optimizes the environmental benefits of the technology and the life cycle analysis (LCA) of each product, by reducing transport distances and integrating local collection and production processes
