Dioxycle teams with L’Oréal to advance carbon-based packaging

FRANCE – Clean chemistry innovator Dioxycle has entered a multi-year partnership with global beauty giant L’Oréal to develop packaging materials made from captured carbon emissions, marking a significant step toward reducing the environmental footprint of plastics in the consumer goods industry.

Under the agreement, Dioxycle will deploy its carbon electrolysis technology to convert industrial carbon monoxide (CO) or carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions into ethylene, a critical building block in the production of polyethylene. Polyethylene is one of the world’s most widely used packaging plastics but is traditionally produced from fossil fuels.

By turning waste carbon emissions into raw materials, the partners aim to create packaging that maintains the same performance as conventional plastics while significantly lowering carbon emissions.

“By partnering with a global beauty group that demands the highest standards of excellence, we’re proving that sustainability and performance can go hand in hand,” said Sarah Lamaison, CEO and co-founder of Dioxycle.

“L’Oréal’s leadership in adopting scalable climate solutions sets a powerful precedent and brings us closer to a circular carbon-based chemical industry.”

The technology is designed to complement other sustainability strategies already being adopted by packaging producers, including mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, and bio-based polymers.

According to the companies, Dioxycle’s process delivers “virgin-quality performance” while reducing the carbon footprint of plastic production and functioning as a drop-in material compatible with existing manufacturing infrastructure.

As part of the partnership, L’Oréal will gradually introduce packaging made using the carbon-derived materials across selected product lines.

The initiative also contributes to the company’s broader effort to cut Scope 3 emissions, indirect emissions linked to purchased materials, packaging, and supply chains.

Jacques Playe, global development packaging senior vice-president at L’Oréal, said the collaboration reflects the company’s push to integrate emerging technologies into its sustainability strategy.

“The conversion of carbon emissions into innovative materials unlocks unprecedented avenues for increasingly desirable, high-performing, and sustainable packaging,” he said, adding that such solutions could help reshape the environmental footprint of the beauty industry.

Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Paris, Dioxycle has attracted around US$40 million in investment from funds including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Gigascale Capital.

The company operates facilities in France and California and focuses on producing essential industrial chemicals with improved energy and cost efficiency.

The partnership reflects a growing industry trend toward carbon-capture-based materials.

Companies such as LanzaTech and Twelve are also developing technologies that transform captured carbon into fuels, textiles, and packaging inputs, signaling a broader shift toward circular carbon systems in the global chemicals and packaging sectors.

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