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Carbios will build plant for enzymatic recycling of PET

by Michael McCoy
February 27, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 8

 

Carbios has formed a partnership with Indorama Ventures to build a plant in Longlaville, France, to demonstrate its process for the enzyme-based recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The 50,000-metric-ton-per-year facility will be adjacent to an Indorama PET plant. Indorama says it will coinvest in the project, pending technical and economic evaluations. Eastman Chemical recently announced plans to build a PET recycling plant in France based on its methanolysis process.

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