Washington Post Publisher Will Lewis Steps Down After Layoffs 
Bank of Japan Signals Readiness for Near-Term Rate Hike as Inflation Nears Target 
Japan Economy Poised for Q4 2025 Growth as Investment and Consumption Hold Firm 
NASA and Roscosmos Chiefs Meet in Florida to Discuss Moon and ISS Cooperation 
Once Upon a Farm Raises Nearly $198 Million in IPO, Valued at Over $724 Million 
NASA Astronauts Wilmore and Williams Recover After Boeing Starliner Delay 
FDA Pilot Program Eases Rules for Nicotine Pouch Makers 
Tencent Shares Slide After WeChat Restricts YuanBao AI Promotional Links 
Nasdaq Proposes Fast-Track Rule to Accelerate Index Inclusion for Major New Listings 
Japanese Pharmaceutical Stocks Slide as TrumpRx.gov Launch Sparks Market Concerns 
Singapore Budget 2026 Set for Fiscal Prudence as Growth Remains Resilient 
Ford and Geely Explore Strategic Manufacturing Partnership in Europe 
Trump Backs Nexstar–Tegna Merger Amid Shifting U.S. Media Landscape 
SpaceX’s Starship Completes 11th Test Flight, Paving Way for Moon and Mars Missions 
Dollar Steadies Ahead of ECB and BoE Decisions as Markets Turn Risk-Off 
Neuralink Expands Brain Implant Trials with 12 Global Patients 
A consortium that includes Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Suntory has produced the world’s first food-grade PET plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled plastic using Carbios’ recycling process.
The bottles that have been produced are for such products as Perrier, Pepsi Max, and Orangina.
The consortium also includes Carbios and L’Oreal.
The production of the bottles is a major milestone that validates Carbios’ technology, which supercharges enzymes that occur in compost heaps and break down leaf membranes.
It took Carbios nearly ten years of research to develop its enzymatic recycling process.
Carbios has now ‘fine-tuned’ the technology and optimized the enzyme to break down any kind of plastic, regardless of color or complexity, into individual chemical components.
It takes 16 hours to break down 97 percent of plastic.
To accelerate the adoption of enzymatic recycling of all kinds of PET-based products, Carbios will license its technology worldwide.
The industrial chemistry firm will also break ground on a demonstration plant in September, before launching a 40,000 tonnes capacity industrial facility by 2025.
Jean Claude Lumaret, CEO of Carbios, describes their innovation as transformational as it finally fully closes the loop on PET plastic supply globally so that it never becomes a waste.
He added that they have proved the viability of their enzymatic recycling process with the world’s leading brands.
Michelle Norman, director of external affairs and sustainability, Suntory Beverage and Food Great Britain & Ireland, said that the process ensures that plastic stays in circulation and out of the environment, which is what they’re striving for.
