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US 2023/0065649 A1Published application
Articles with recycle content having enduring physical properties comparable to virgin
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorsGary Stuart Hawkins, Jeremy Hager Klug, Thomas Joseph Pecorini
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Abstract
A method of making an article of manufacture is disclosed, wherein the article includes a polymer with recycle content. In one or more embodiments, the polymer with recycle content is selected from the group consisting of (i) a recycle content polyester; and (ii) a recycle content cellulose ester.
Claims19
A method of making an article having recycle content, said method comprising:
- (a) procuring a supply of a recycled content polymer, said polymer with recycle content selected from a group consisting of (i) a recycle content copolyester, wherein said recycle content copolyester is a thermoplastic cycloaliphatic copolyester that includes diol residues of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) and 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD);
- and (ii) a recycle content cellulose ester;
- and (b) forming an article or article component using at least a portion of said polymer with recycle content, wherein the recycle content includes recycle content obtained by processing a feedstock that includes plastic waste and said plastic waste includes no more than 20% by weight reclaimable plastic material.
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