Eastman PET Renew

Create packaging that works — with enhanced sustainability.

Eastman PET Renew enables sustainable packaging that reliably performs where mechanically recycled PET cannot. Eastman PET Renew transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste through our molecular recycling technology, diverting plastic from landfills, incinerators and the environment. The result is virgin-quality performance, aesthetics and product safety with up to 100% certified recycled content via ISCC PLUS mass balance allocation.

Eastman PET Renew helps you stand out on the shelf with packaging that meets evolving regulations and consumer demands.

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Material-to-material
molecular recycling

Eastman PET Renew creates possibilities that mechanical recycling alone can't accomplish and a sustainability story that virgin materials can't promise.

Eastman PET Renew

We're recycling hard-to-recycle plastics to make virgin-quality PET.

Diagram shows a variety of waste PET, fibers and yarns can be transformed into PET Renew with excellent benefits like clarity and processability.

*Meets guidance for BPA-free and PFAS-free claims. No BPA or PFAS are intentionally added to Eastman PET Renew.

Hard-to-recycle plastic waste

Our molecular recycling technology breaks down hard-to-recycle plastic waste into its basic monomers. The process includes purification technologies, quality control and multiple stages to analytically test the material. The recycled monomers can be used to manufacture a broad range of PET Renew, depending on your brand needs and goals.

Our technology

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Close-up of clear plastic (PET) granules.

Pristine recycled content

Eastman PET Renew is indistinguishable from virgin PET. It offers virgin-quality aesthetics that are true to color without cloudiness, haze or specks. Our materials offer glasslike clarity and feel with capabilities to design intricate shapes and thick-walled bottles that are suitable for hot-fill food and beverage applications.

Environmental impact

Eastman PET Renew has the same properties as our virgin materials but is created through processes with a lower environmental impact than Eastman virgin PET. By sourcing feedstock regionally, we can also tackle the local plastic waste crisis and help reduce the carbon impact of products.