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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2021
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger Debruin, Gray, TN (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A chemical recycling process and facility for using one or more PET-containing materials as a feedstock to a chemical recycling facility, and in particular a solvolysis facility, are provided herein. The PET-containing materials used as feedstock may comprise PET-containing reclaimer co-products, PET-containing MRF products or co-products, sorted plastic-containing mixtures, and/or PET-containing waste plastic from a plastic article manufacturing facility. In particular, the PET-containing materials used as feedstock may comprise a quantity of PET-containing wet fines from a reclaimer facility.