December 1, 2025 15:27

While awaiting completion of its first commercial-scale plant for PET biorecycling—with construction work set to resume in the coming months in Longlaville, France (read article) —Carbios is securing long-term supply agreements for recycled PET (rPET).

The latest agreements, the French company announced, have been signed with two major beverage brands (not disclosed), a sector that had not yet been covered.

This would bring pre-commercialization to 50% of the new French plant’s capacity, which is expected to go into operation in the second half of 2027, with an estimated investment of more than €42 million.
Further negotiations are underway with other partners, with the goal of securing at least 70% of the site’s capacity—a threshold that constitutes a condition for obtaining additional non-dilutive funding, necessary to resume construction of the new facility.

“These new agreements confirm the robustness of our technology and the attractiveness of our offer for strategic sectors such as beverages,” said the company’s CEO, Vincent Kamel. “They also comfort our strategy of sector diversification.”

Carbios has already entered into partnerships with leading brands in the cosmetics, food and apparel sectors. Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe are members of the packaging consortium founded for this purpose with L’Oréal. Brands such as On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp. and Salomon are members of the textile consortium.

In the biorecycling process, an enzyme depolymerizes PET and polyester fibers, breaking them down into their original monomers: terephthalic acid and monoethylene glycol. After purification, these components can be reused to produce new polyester with virgin-like quality, and are fully recyclable again at the end of their lifecycle.

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