Salomon shoe uses Carbios PET
Outdoor brand Salomon has launched a recyclable shoe made with polyester from Taiwanese performance materials maker Far Eastern New Century biorecycled from complex PET waste by French firm Carbios.
The XT_PU.RE's upper has been reengineered in two pieces, featuring the recycled PET fibres with a TPU sole.
Using its solvent-free biorecycling technology, Carbios broke down the PET waste into its original monomers, PTA and MEG, which were then repolymerised by FENC into PET fibres and spun into filaments, followed by a dyeing process.
Guillaume Meyzenq, CEO of Salomon, said: “We are proud to support this pioneering collaboration with Carbios and FENC which represents a major step forward in our quest to manage waste produced by our industry and reduce its impact on the environment.”
