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PERRIER unveils an enzymatically recycled bottle sample

27 June 2021

PERRIER has unveiled the first successful production of 100% recycled PET sample bottles using Carbios’ recycling enzymatic process. 

In its search for sustainable packaging solutions, the company has drawn on the expertise of external stakeholders and supporting start-ups that could be game changers in addressing this challenge. 
 
Since April 2019, PERRIER, as part of Nestlé Waters, has joined a global consortium supporting the French green-tech company Carbios, in the development of an enzymatic recycling solution. With this new recycling process, any type of PET plastic could become a new RPET bottle with high quality properties. This ground-breaking solution will contribute to extend the existing recycling loop, allowing more PET plastic to be recycled while maintaining a high-quality performance. 
 
As part of a prototyping stage, first PERRIER sample bottles (50cl) made with Carbios technology have been produced at the Nestlé’s research and development center for Waters, in France. 
  
Jean-Francois Briois,? head of packaging material science and environmental sustainability  at Nestlé Waters Global R&D said: “It is very exciting to see that the quality of the sample bottles made from 100% enzymatic recycling process is meeting our quality standards. When we reach industrial scale, this enzymatic recycling technology will enable us to produce fully circular high quality and quantity rPET bottles and help Nestlé Waters in our journey to reduce the use of virgin plastics.” 
 
The production of these samples is another step in the journey towards more sustainable packaging, and is part of PERRIER overall environmental and collaborative approach. 


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