CLERMONT-FERRAND, France — July 6, 2022 — Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, PUMA, and Salomon, to develop solutions that will enhance the recyclability and circularity of their products.
An important element of the two-year deal will be to speed up the introduction of Carbios’ unique biorecycling technology, which constitutes a breakthrough for the textile industry. Carbios and the four companies will also research how products can be recycled, develop solutions to take-back worn polyester items, including sorting and dismantling technologies, and gather data on fiber-to-fiber recycling as well as circularity models.
The challenge the four brands share, is that their ambitious sustainable development goals can only partially be met by conventional recycling technologies which mostly target bottle-to-fiber recycling. Future regulations will require more circularity in packaging and textile. Yet the market consensus is that there will soon be a shortage of PET bottles, as they will be used for circular production methods in the Food & Beverage Industry.
Carbios的创新工艺构成了对聚酯（PET）纤维回收的真正技术突破，该纤维被广泛用于服装，鞋类和运动服，与其他纤维一起使用。PET聚酯纤维是纺织业最重要的纤维，生产了52公吨，甚至超过23公吨的棉花1。生物鉴定过程使用能够选择性提取聚酯的酶，将其恢复以重新创建原始纤维。这种革命性的技术使得在所有无法使用传统技术进行回收的纺织废物中恢复存在的PET聚酯。
宠物塑料和纤维用于制造日常消费品，例如瓶子，包装和纺织品。如今，大多数宠物都是由化石资源生产的，然后根据浪费的线性模型使用和丢弃。通过用二手塑料和纤维创造循环经济，Carbios的生物鉴定技术提供了一种可持续和负责任的解决方案。
Emmanuel Ladent, CEO of Carbios, said: “This Consortium model has proved to be very efficient based on the success of the milestones previously achieved in packaging. We are very pleased to partner with these prestigious brands, On, Patagonia, PUMA, and Salomon. Our common goal is to contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the textile industry by offering an industrial solution to recycle polyester fibers and help our partners to meet their sustainable development goals.”
Adrianne Gilbride, senior sustainability manager at On, noted: “On is committed to becoming fully circular before the end of the decade. Our partnership with Carbios and the other consortium members is an important step towards enabling the industry to game-changing circular technologies at scale. Fiber-to-fiber recycling is a key building block in closing the loop within the textile and footwear industry”.
Natalie Banakis, Materials Innovation engineer Patagonia, added “At Patagonia we are actively using our business to “save the Home planet”. We are excited to partner with Carbios and the textile consortium to work collaboratively to reduce waste produced by textiles. The textile waste problem is bigger than one company or solution, and Patagonia is excited to be working in a new format to solve this problem.”
Howard Williams, director, Global Innovation Apparel and Accessories at PUMA added: ”As part of our Forever Better sustainability strategy, we aim to use 75% recycled polyester in our Apparel and Accessories by 2025. The partnership with Carbios and their innovative biorecycling methods offer a promising approach to reach our goals and make our industry as a whole more circular.”
Olivier Mouzin, Footwear Sustainability manager at Salomon, concluded: ”At Salomon, we provide advanced sports solutions for all the outdoor participants, from the elite to the enthusiasts. Therefore, it is a natural decision for us to join this consortium made up of clothing and footwear companies, as well as Carbios, to form a new organization for advancing textile recycling that will help create a sustainable future for all Outdoor players. Our goal in joining the consortium is to bring awareness to the end-of-life of textiles, with the ambition of establishing true circularity within the textile industry. The companies in the consortium aim to do this by discovering ways to recycle fibers from one product into another. Partnering with Carbios — a green chemistry leader offering a bio-recycling process that recycles apparel and footwear materials into thread for new products — better enables us to accomplish this goal.”
1资料来源：2019年市场数据
Posted: July 6, 2022
资料来源：Carbios
