This multiyear agreement with Eastman is now yielding a tangible proof point: bottles made with Eastman PET Renew demonstrate how materials once headed for waste streams can be turned into high‑quality, specially designed beverage packaging.

Read an in-depth story on PepsiCo.com to learn more about the company’s collaboration with Eastman to deliver high-quality, food-grade recycled beverage bottles — including for Gatorade. Eastman’s molecular recycling makes the new packaging possible and is a step in the right direction for packaging circularity.

Bundles of colored and complex plastic are baled for molecular recycling at Eastman.

A multiyear agreement between Eastman and PepsiCo repurposes discarded hard-to-recycle polyester plastic waste in an effort to improve packaging circularity.

Learn more about how Eastman PET Renew helps brands stand out with high-performance, sustainable packaging made from hard-to-recycle plastic waste reborn through molecular recycling.

Eastman workers in safety vests examine waste plastic items on a conveyor belt.

Eastman’s molecular recycling makes new packaging possible and is a step in the right direction for packaging circularity.