Carbios is a specialist in the enzymatic recycling of PET plastics. It transforms used textiles containing PET into plastic bottles.
The goal now is to develop a ‘fibre-to-fibre’ system by making the new process widely available.
The company has announced to team with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon for two years to boost the recyclability of their garments, and help them deploy new recycling solutions.
“We aim to use 75 per cent recycled polyester in our apparel and accessories by 2025,” said Puma’s Innovation Director Howard Williams, highlighting the potential of Carbios’ promising bio-recycling methodology.
“Carbios and the four [partner] companies will also research how products can be recycled, assess the development of solutions to collect used polyester items, including testing waste sorting and treatment technologies and gather data on fibre-to-fibre recycling as well as circularity models,” said the company.
Carbios is working to set up by 2025 a site in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, with its Indonesian partner Indorama Ventures, which will be able to bio-recycle 50,000 tonnes of performance textiles per year.
It is a member of the recently launched European Whitecycle consortium, whose members also include Inditex and Michelin.
