Eastman (EMN), Rumpke Tie Up to Expand PET Waste Recycling

Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) and Rumpke Waste & Recycling have formed an alliance to address the global plastic waste challenge. Rumpke will start collecting and sorting hard-to-recycle and colored PET packaging waste later this year, materials that are typically overlooked in today's recycling ecosystem and will use 100% of this waste stream as feedstock for Eastman's molecular recycling process.  Eastman will then employ its molecular recycling technology to convert this waste stream into virgin quality ...