KINGSPORT – Eastman has announced its intention to pursue the launch of an ‘innovative advanced circular recycling technology’ that is able to recover the value of polyester waste which at present cannot be recycled by existing mechanical methods.
This, the firm states, means that substantial quantities of polyester materials which are currently sent to landfill at the end of their use phase may now be diverted from such an environmentally damaging fate – if a commercial-scale facility can now be funded.
