Brands are taking a keen interest in recycled and recyclable PET from enzymatic recycling, enabling them to meet both their circularity and packaging quality objectives.
Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies aimed at reinventing the life cycle of plastics and textiles, has announced the signing of its first multi-year sales contracts with L'Oréal and L'Occitane en Provence for biorecycled r-PET from its future commercial plant in Longlaville. The French biotech has thus taken a further step in the execution of its strategy, making concrete its announcement to sign its first contracts in the first half of 2025.
The signing of these first two commercial contracts marks a major step forward for Carbios, confirming the existence of a market for r-PET derived from enzymatic recycling.
"Today, we have a strong momentum to achieve our sales and supply targets, which gives us confidence that we will soon be signing further contracts for our future Longlaville site. Our commitment to the success of our future plant is stronger than ever.explains Vincent Kamel, Carbios General Manager.
"This contract with Carbios underlines our willingness to collaborate with innovative players in PET recycling to create a circular economy. We congratulate Carbios on this step towards industrial scale for their enzymatic recycling solution; it's a key milestone for the packaging industry".says Jacques Playe, L'Oréal's Packaging Development Director.
"The partnership we are establishing with Carbios marks a decisive step for L'Occitane en Provence in our commitment to greater circularity in our packaging. It demonstrates the continuation and acceleration of our commitment to reducing our environmental impact. Today, alongside Carbios, we are giving concrete expression to a shared desire: that of building a high-performance European industry to promote the transition to a circular economy for plastics".says David Bayard, Packaging R&D Director at L'Occitane en Provence.
In March 2025, Biotherm, a L'Oréal brand, announced that it was preparing to market the very first fully biorecycled cosmetic bottle, designed using enzymatic PET recycling technology developed by Carbios.
Photo taken from the Carbios website.
