News

Eastman plans $250m plastic-to-plastic recycling facility

04/02/2021

Eastman Chemical Company is planning to build what it says will be one of the world's largest plastic-to-plastic molecular recycling facilities at its site in Kingsport, Tennessee. Through methanolysis, the facility will convert polyester waste that often ends up in landfills and waterways, with Eastman investing around  $250 million over the...

To continue reading this story, please sign in or register.

Related stories:

Eastman to build $1bn plastics recycling facility 18/01/2022
UN and TE set ambitious recycled polyester challenge 23/02/2021
Peak Performance and others join Circular Fashion Partnership 15/02/2021
Spinnova and Naia boost ZDHC ranks 12/01/2021
Indorama aims for 10 billion recycled bottles per year in Europe 07/12/2020
EC chooses ‘sustainable fashion’ innovators 01/12/2020
Fibre recycling major thread of Korean ‘green’ new deal 30/11/2020
WSA November-December is available now 05/11/2020
Indorama Ventures rolls the PET wave 19/10/2020
Portfolio expands to include cellulosic staple fibre 07/02/2020
Eastman joins Textile Exchange 30/10/2019
Eastman extends Naia cellulose offerings 29/08/2019
Eastman secures FSC labelling for its Naia yarn 06/08/2019

Sportstextiles.com cannot be held responsible for content if the language setting is changed from English.

The translations provided by Google Translate are automated and therefore might not be accurate and may contain incorrect, offensive or misleading language. We offer this facility as a guide only.