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Carbios delays building


In its latest financial update, French company Carbios said it is delaying the construction of its first PET enzymatic recycling plant in Longlaville, US, by six to nine months. However, it plans to resume construction once additional financing has been secured and says renegotiations with suppliers should enable work to be completed within budget. The update also included details of an imminent reorganisation and cost-cutting plan. “With a newly refo- cused and tightly con- trolled plan of expendi- tures, we have clear and extended visibility well beyond the near-term 12-month horizon,” said Vincent Kamel, CEO of Carbios.


He said this allows


Carbios to achieve its strategic priorities, which involve securing the financing required to resume construction of the Longlaville plant and accelerating sales of its technologies. � www.carbios.com


Coca-Cola to revise recycled labelling


The Coca-Cola Company has agreed to revise the recy- cling-related claims dis- played on its plastic bottles across Europe following a greenwashing complaint filed by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) in 2023. The com- plaint flagged “misleading” messages on bottles, prompting the beverage giant to change the state- ment to: “I’m a bottle, excluding label and cap, made from 100% / 50% recycled plastic.” Coca-Cola maintains that


its current packaging already acknowledges that the recycling statement refers to the body of the bottle alone, while asserting its commitment to collabo- rate with EU consumer protection authorities. Alexandre Biard, Head of Enforcement at BEUC, said that the organisation welcomes the move, but added: “It is crystal clear that a 100% recycling rate will never be reached. Ideally, the 100% figure should disappear from bottles to stop misleading consumers and giving the impression of


The beverage giant will now make it clear that recycled content messaging refers just to the bottle


infinite closed-loop recycling.” Coca-Cola said it plans to


update the bottle claim once the products that are currently on the market have been sold. Kamila Drze- wicka, Senior Lawyer at the environmental law charity ClientEarth, said: “This is a big step in the right direc- tion, as this result pushes back on the myth that recycling makes plastic bottles green and that plastic packaging can be recycled in a closed loop. This is, however, only the beginning of the journey toward a narrative around plastic recycling that truly


reflects reality.” In a statement, a Coca-


Cola spokesperson said: “The commitments we’ve voluntarily aligned with the European Commission Consumer Protection Cooperation Network underline our shared ambition of providing clear and factual information about our products to consumers. We will be implementing these changes in the coming months and will continue to develop our approach as the needs of our consumers evolve.” � www.coca-colacompany.com � www.beuc.eu


Trinseo and MagREEsource sign MOU


Trinseo and MagREEsource have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaborative opportunities combining Trinseo’s proprietary polymer dissolution recycling capabili- ties with MagREEsource’s rare earth magnets recycling model. Trinseo’s technology uses a physical


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recycling process that requires minimal sorting, extracting polycar- bonate (PC) from end-of-life products. The extracted PC is recycled into new materials, while non-PC components, including magnets, remain for further recycling. These are then recovered using MagREEsource’s circular


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magnet-to-magnet model. Erick Petit, President, and co-found-


er at MagREEsource, said by-product magnets are an important part of supply for its MagFactory, construction of which is anticipated to begin at the end of 2026. � www.trinseo.com


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