Carbios’s trial with Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon validates textile-to-textile polyester recycling, but not commercial supply.
Its planned 50,000-tonne Longlaville plant in France still lacks financial close for the €230 million (~$258 million) project and has no restart date.
Recycled polyester remains bottle-led, while the EU’s 2027 textile ecodesign timetable sets no binding recycled-content quota.
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