PET biorecycler Carbios shares 2023 progress
French plastic recycling innovator Carbios bolstered its intellectual property portfolio with the addition of five new patent families at the end of last year, taking its total number to 58.
The company also told how the official groundbreaking ceremony for its industrial-scale Longlaville plant, already under construction, will take place on April 25.
Carbios calls this facility, close to France’s border with Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg, and their waste-sorting networks, “the world’s first PET biorecycling plant”.
It is expected to be able to process 50,000 tons of polyethylene terephthalate or PET plastic waste per year.
Back in October, Carbios unveiled its patented textile preparation line at its demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand. The line covers “all preparation stages”, such as the shredding and extraction of fastenings, and “provides Carbios with a high-performance, scalable development tool”, the biorecycler said.
Carbios ended the year with a cash position of just over $205 million or €192 million.
