Source: StartUs Insights
Release Date: February 25, 2026

With the global promotion of carbon neutrality policies, low-carbon and bio-based water purification filter materials have become the key R&D and investment direction of the industry in 2026. Traditional filter materials such as ordinary activated carbon and non-environmental-friendly polymer materials are gradually restricted in the European and American markets due to high carbon emissions and non-degradable characteristics. A number of new bio-based and low-carbon filtration technologies have achieved industrial pilot application.

Bio-based filter materials developed by European and American startups use natural microbial adsorption and plant fiber composite structures to replace traditional chemical filter materials, which can effectively remove nitrogen, phosphorus, microplastics and heavy metal pollutants in water, with the advantages of low energy consumption, recyclability and biodegradation. In addition, the new carbon-based purification materials have been optimized for low-carbon upgrades, which can improve the adsorption efficiency of organic pollutants by more than 40% while reducing production carbon emissions by 35%. The industry predicts that low-carbon environmentally friendly filter materials will fully replace traditional materials in the European and American household water purification market by 2028, bringing huge market replacement space for upstream accessory manufacturers and customized R&D enterprises.