France-based Carbios, a green chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers, announced on Thursday that it has received grants totalling €54M.
Carbios’ project to finalise the industrialisation of their “unique” PET bio-recycling technology was chosen as part of the national call for projects on “Plastics Recycling” run by ADEME2.
The reference facility at Longlaville, Grand-Est, will be the world’s first PET bio-recycling factory, set to open in 2025. This factory will allow the manufacturing of the two fundamental components of PET, – PTA and MEG3, both generated from the Carbios method, to be relocated to France.
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The French company claims that its initiative has been chosen by the French State for funding of €30M as part of the France 2030 investment plan and €12.5M from the Grand-Est Region.