Advancing a circular economy through Eastman innovation
- Plastics that can’t be recycled today
using traditional recycling must be landfilled or incinerated. Now, they will have value as a raw material and become circular.
- Waste plastic no longer must be downcycled; it can be renewed over and over again to virgin quality with no compromise in performance.
- This can be done efficiently,
with lower carbon emissions than the fossil-based process.
- It is not a dream for the future—it is a reality today.
There is no time to waste. Construction begins in March 2021, with completion targeted in 2022. The plant will be located in Kingsport, Tennessee to provide raw material to the many polymer lines that produce the specialty plastics our customers use today.
Learn more by reading our molecular recycling facility news release.