Eastman Cristal™ One

An RIC1 resin that make your brand’s sustainability ambitions a reality

Experience freedom of design in RIC1 resins today.

For brands seeking both a beginning-of-life and end-of-life solution, Eastman’s portfolio of recycled and recyclable resins offers a solution for a wide variety of applications, designs, and part constructions.

For thinner-walled packaging

Our Eastman Cristal™ Renew copolyester EN series, available at 30% and 50% certified recycled content* options, is ideal for thinner-walled molded parts and some ISBM applications. Packaging made from these resins offers a winning combination of good color and high clarity and can be recycled in the existing PET mechanical stream. An RIC1 resin, Cristal Renew EN provides excellent flowability, producing crystal clear, haze-free cosmetics and skin care containers.

*Achieved by allocating recycled waste plastic to Cristal Renew using a mass balance process certified by ISCC

For medium- to thick-walled packaging

Our Cristal One Renew family of resins comes close to the beauty and prestige of existing copolyesters in highly demanding applications. We offer two grades: Cristal One Renew, suitable for molding thick-walled transparent containers or parts, and Cristal One Pro Renew, tailor made to mold the thickest-walled parts in an RIC1 resin today. For injection stretch blow molding (ISBM) applications, Cristal One Renew is recommended for thick luxury bottles with complex shapes.

“We are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in a RIC1 product in both process and processability.”

–Cedric Perben, Global technology lead for cosmetics packaging

Check out how FusionPKG utilized Cristal Renew and Cristal One to create sustainable, high-end packaging for the beauty industry.

Cristal Renew and Cristal One Renew Brochure

And RIC1 product designed with sustainability in mind

Designed especially for cosmetics and personal care packaging, Cristal One Renew resins allow brand owners to meet their sustainability goals in two ways.

First, Cristal One products meet the definition of resin identification code 1 (RIC1) as defined by California Assembly Bill No. 906 (signed into law on October 15, 2017), ASTM D7611, and APR Critical Guidance testing standards for recyclability in the mechanical PET stream. They provide all the benefits of standard copolyesters—an excellent combination of color and clarity, toughness, and thick-wall processing capabilities.

Second, the Cristal One Renew portfolio is available with 30% or 50% certified recycled content.* These products are chemically identical to their virgin counterparts, so there is absolutely no compromise in performance or aesthetics. Plus, you can use your existing molds.

*Achieved by allocating recycled waste plastic to Cristal Renew using a mass balance process certified by ISCC

Sustainability without compromise. Right now.

Eastman’s portfolio of RIC1 and recycled-content resins makes luxury packaging possible with products that are compatible with the existing PET recycle stream. Brands can enjoy the benefits they love about Eastman copolyesters but in RIC1 packaging solutions. Available today, these superior products offer brands complete beginning-of-life and end-of-life stories.

EPBP endorses Eastman Cristal One portfolio of recyclable resins

In January 2022, the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) endorsed the Eastman Cristal™ One portfolio of recyclable resins as having no negative impact on current European PET recycling. This includes Eastman Cristal One, Cristal One E, Cristal One Pro, Cristal ENO76, and Cristal EN067 copolyester resins. This voluntary industry initiative supports the economic and environmental sustainability efforts of the European PET value chain.

Cristal One, Cristal One Pro, and Cristal One E resins were also recognized in 2021 as meeting the APR’s Critical Guidance Protocol for clear PET resin and molded articles for compatibility with the PET recycling stream in the United States.

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Cristal EN processing guide

The essential information you to need to successfully mold Cristal EN

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Cristal One

Eastman Cristal™ One is a copolyester designed to be fully compatible with the PET recycling stream. Thus, it enables brand owners to achieve recyclable cosmetics packaging that is tough and exhibits good chemical resistance. It is suitable for molding thick-walled transparent containers or parts (up to 9mm thickness), while maintaining clarity and color. For ISBM applications, Cristal One is recommended for thicker luxury bottles with complex shapes.

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