New Nature publication confirms CARBIOS’ leadership in enzymatic degradation of plastic
July 17 2024 - 12:00PM
- CARBIOS and Toulouse Biotechnology
Institute (TBI) publish groundbreaking article that presents enzyme
optimization work leading to an enzyme-embedded PLA able to
disintegrate and biodegrade in home-compost conditions faster than
certification timeframe requirements
- This new publication in Nature,
widely regarded as the most influential scientific journal, comes
in addition to the 2020 publication on enzymatic depolymerization
of PET, confirming CARBIOS’ leadership in enzymatic
engineering
- CARBIOS Active is
the result of the unique know-how developed by CARBIOS' R&D
teams by exploiting the properties of the highly specific enzyme to
improve the biodegradation performance and lifecycle of PLA
products
Clermont-Ferrand (France), Wednesday 17
July 2024 (6pm CEST). CARBIOS,
(Euronext Growth Paris : ALCRB), a pioneer in the
development and industrialization of biological technologies to
reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, announces the
publication of a new article entitled “An engineered enzyme
embedded into PLA1 to make self-biodegradable
plastic” in Nature, widely regarded as the most
influential scientific journal, and co-authored with its
longstanding collaborator, the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute
(TBI)2. Enzyme-embedded PLA plastic can fully and
rapidly degrade in home-compost or methanization conditions. The
article describes the optimization process used to achieve an
engineered enzyme able to withstand the 170°C3 temperature required
to introduce it in molten state PLA during the plastic production
process. The new enzyme-embedded material is proven to fully
distintegrate and biodegrade at a much faster rate than the 26-week
home-compost certification requirement and is also shown to help
produce more biomethane, another source of waste recovery.
Moreover, the material remains intact over long-term storage, the
enzyme only being activated under composting or methanization
conditions, ensuring compatibility with commercial PLA-based
applications, for example, flexible packaging (such as sauce
packets and wrappers) and short-life items (such as food
containers, yogurt pots and coffee capsules).
CARBIOS Active: CARBIOS’ commercial
biodegradation solution is the direct result of the unique know-how
developed by its enzymology experts
CARBIOS’ expertise in enzyme optimization
contributed to the development of CARBIOS Active’s
formula and industrial process. Integrated directly into the
plastic material transformation process without any modification to
production lines, the encapsulated enzyme CARBIOS
Active enables the creation of a new generation of PLA
products that are 100% compostable at ambient temperature, while
ensuring quality compost, free from toxicity and microplastics.
CARBIOS Active therefore opens up new
biodegradation possibilites for PLA at ambient temperatures,
including domestic composting conditions. A production line is
already up and running at CARBIOS headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand,
France, which can produce 2,500 tons/year of CARBIOS Active
(required for the equivalent of 50,000 tons/year of enzyme-embedded
PLA).
Alain MARTY, Chief Scientific Officer,
CARBIOS: "A publication in Nature is an especially proud
moment for all the contributing teams, notably recognition from
peers in the scientific community. Developing an efficient enzyme
that can withstand the 170°C needed to introduce it into PLA is an
outstanding scientific feat! Our previous article published in
Nature in 2020 was pivotal in bringing our PET biorecycling
technology to the world stage. We are very excited by the enhanced
visibility of CARBIOS’ unique biodegradation technology brought by
this publication, as it offers a practical and scalable approach to
various industrial PLA-based packaging applications."
Emmanuel Ladent, CEO, CARBIOS:
“CARBIOS Active is the real-life application of CARBIOS’ expertise
in enzyme optimization and polymer science. As CARBIOS
expands its portfolio of enzymatic solutions beyond PET,
enzyme-embedded PLA represents a major leap forward, addressing a
critical gap in the market for compostable plastic. The recognition
from the scientific community through this new publication in
Nature comes in addition to recent certifications, such as the Food
Contact Notification delivered by the FDA in North America, to
attest CARBIOS Active’s performance and support its commercial
deployment. Thanks to our long-term and exclusive
partnership with Novonesis, we are transforming this scientific
breakthrough into reality.”
Isabelle André, Research Director at
CNRS: "I am immensely proud that the efforts and
dedication of the researchers at TBI and our long-term partners at
CARBIOS have been recognized by the journal Nature. This pioneering
work on enzyme-embedded PLA to make self-biodegradable plastic is
testament to our commitment to developing sustainable solutions
with enzyme engineering at the core.”
The article is co-authored by biotechnology
researchers from CARBIOS and its academic partner Toulouse
Biotechnology Institute (TBI), as well as two eminent professors
from University of Mons (Belgium) and Kasetsart University of
Bangkok (Thailand). Once again, this collaboration demonstrates
CARBIOS' ambition and ability to rally partners together in an
efficient ecosystem to bring a collective solution to a major
environmental challenge.
To read the
Nature article online, click
here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07709-1
Publication has been scheduled in the 25 July
2024 issue of Nature.
Authors:
- CARBIOS : Marie Guicherd, Marc
Guéroult, Madiha Dalibey, Florent Grimaud, Sabine Gavalda, Marion
Noël, Vincent Tournier, Alain Marty
- Toulouse Biotechnology
Institute : Maher Ben Khaled, Julian Nomme, Pablo Alvarez,
Emma Kamionka, Marlène Vuillemin, Emilie Amillastre, Delphine
Labourdette, Gianluca Cioci, Isabelle André, Sophie Duquesne
- University of Mons Belgium:
Philippe Dubois
- Kasetstart University of Bangkok
Thailand: Vichien Kitpreechavanich
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About CARBIOS:
CARBIOS is a biotech company developing and
industrializing biological solutions to reinvent the life cycle of
plastic and textiles. Inspired by nature, CARBIOS develops
enzyme-based processes to break down plastic with a mission to
avoid plastic and textile pollution, and accelerate the transition
to a circular economy. Its two disruptive technologies for the
biorecycling of PET and the biodegradation of PLA are reaching
industrial and commercial scale. Its biorecycling
demonstration plant has been operational since 2021 and a first
industrial plant, in partnership with Indorama Ventures, is
currently under construction. CARBIOS, founded in 2011 by
Truffle Capital, has received scientific recognition, notably with
the cover of Nature, and is supported by prestigious brands in the
cosmetics, Food & Beverage and apparel industries to enhance
their products’ recyclability and circularity. Nestlé Waters,
PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe are members of a
packaging consortium founded by CARBIOS and L’Oréal. On, Patagonia,
PUMA, PVH Corp. and Salomon collaborate with CARBIOS in a textile
consortium.
Visit www.carbios.com/en to find out more about
biotechnology powering plastic and textile circularity.
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1 polyactic acid, a biosourced plastic2 Toulouse Biotechnology
Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering, joint research unit
associating INSA of Toulouse, CNRS and INRAE3 170°C = 338°F
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