Carbiolice is an innovative French company based in Auvergne, specializing in the development of solutions that make bioplastics 100% compostable and 100% biodegradable. The company's mission is to revolutionize the plastics industry to increase its circularity and reduce its impact on the environment.

In 2020, Carbiolice participated in Natexpo Lab. For this next edition, they are taking a step forward and exhibiting in the new sector Eco Products / Eco Services, to present their innovation marketed in 2021: Evanesto®.

Thanks to this innovation, and while according to ADEME, each year a French citizen produces on average 270kg of residual household waste (RHW) and uses around 70kg of plastic, 47% of household waste will become compostable. This means that almost half of the waste currently present in grey bins could be recovered by sorting biowaste and compostable plastics with Evanesto® inside (30% biowaste, 17% compostable bio-sourced plastics). 

From launch to first customers, a look back at a great success, with Sophie Macedo, Business & Partnerships Director at Carbiolice.

You exhibited at the Natexpo Lab in 2020: what was the face of your company like at the time?

Carbiolice was then an industrial start-up preparing to launch its innovation on the market: Evanesto®, an additive that allows plant-based packaging to become compostable, even in domestic conditions. Added during traditional plastic manufacturing processes, the additive accelerates the disintegration of PLA, a bioplastic made from renewable resources such as corn or sugarcane, so that it can be more quickly assimilated by microorganisms in a compost. Finally, with Evanesto® inside, cups, yogurt pots, trays, capsules and other plastic films can now join apple peelings and coffee grounds in a composter, even a domestic one. 

How did this format present an opportunity for you?

Natexpo was an opportunity for Carbiolice to meet with players in the organic market and to interact with brands keen to embrace the circular economy by rethinking the end-of-life of their product packaging.

Today you are exhibiting in the Eco products Eco services sector at Natexpo: what does this new step represent in your strategy?

In 2021, Carbiolice delivered on the promise of its innovation by signing its first customers. Evanesto® is now a commercial reality, immediately operational, and is also the first additive certified "OK compost HOME" by Tüv Austria.

What impact has Natexpo had on the development of your business?

Meet with potential prospects, confirm the need to develop Evanesto® possibilities to meet other application needs.

Any additional comments or remarks?

At Carbiolice, we believe that plastic can serve the interests of humanity while respecting the planet. To combat plastic pollution, we believe it's necessary to develop more alternatives that allow us to rethink the end-of-life of useful plastics.

To learn more, visit the Carbiolice website.