This process is also commonly referred to as chemical or advanced recycling. At Eastman, we call it molecular recycling, because our Advanced Circular Recycling technologies – carbon renewal and polyester renewal – break down plastic waste to their molecular building blocks to be reassembled into new materials. Many methods of chemical recycling exist and differ in terms of process, waste input, efficiency and environmental performance. Eastman’s molecular recycling technologies reduce greenhouse gas when compared to using fossil fuels, and create recycled products that are indistinguishable from those made with non-recycled content.