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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger Debruin, Gray, TN (US);
Kyle Lyn Collings, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Robert Ryan Stanley, Church Hill, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Isolated quantities of plastic solids having greater than 70% by weight polyethylene terephthalate (PET) also include a) from 0.1% to 10% by weight polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and a moisture content of less than 4% by weight, or b) from 0.05% to 10% or 0.1% to 4% by weight halogens, or c) from 0.1% to 4% by weight polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and at least 0.1% by weight of solid materials that do not phase change below 270° C. and 1 atm. The quantities of these solid plastics are suitable for use as feedstocks to various chemical recycling processes.