Eastman Is Showing the World What’s Possible | Circular Economy

Plastic can be found everywhere - including in landfills, oceans and incinerators. At Eastman, we’ve found a better way to give new, never-ending life to what was once plastic waste.
While we want to believe that everything tossed into recycling bins can be recycled, it’s not true.
In fact, only selected plastics are mechanically recycled every year. Through mechanical recycling, plastics are chopped up into tiny pieces and melted down to create a new plastic product. But with mechanical recycling, bottles can’t become bottles again; they are downcycled to create less valuable plastic like carpet fibers.
As a materials company, we felt it was our responsibility to be a part of the solution. Through decades of development, Eastman is recycling on a scale like never before.
With Eastman’s new molecular recycling technology, we can take plastic waste back to its molecular level to rebuild and create new products over and over again. Molecular recycling technology reduces greenhouse gas while diverting millions of tons of plastic waste away from landfills or incineration.
We can prevent millions of pounds of plastic waste from washing up on shores and further damaging ecosystems. Plastic waste is reused to give life to brand-new material that is just as strong and valuable as it was before.
Plastic waste will no longer be waste. It is now a valuable feedstock we can use infinitely.
With our molecular recycling technologies, we are showing the world what’s possible.
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