Cédric PERBEN

Eastman Chemical Company

France project director - Circular Solutions Technical Lead, Europe

Biography

For 20 years at Eastman, Cédric Perben has been passionate about innovation in sustainable, eco-designed, recycled and recyclable materials, offering 3R solutions in a variety of sectors including food (Danone/Nestlé), cosmetics (Chanel/Dior), pharmaceuticals and medical (Baxter, Gambro, Sanofi, Sartorius), as well as small appliances (Sodastream, SEB, Magimix). From 2004 to 2010, he developed Tritan™, a BPA-free copolyester for hot-fill and reuse, used notably for Decathlon sports bottles and McDonald's tableware. In 2010, he took global responsibility for the packaging platform and founded the application development center in Ghent. -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMXl5AthZBU Since 2018, he has led Eastman's transformation in Europe for the circularity of PET, copolyesters, and polyester textiles. He is the project manager for a molecular recycling plant, an investment of 1 billion for the first phase, which will process 110,000 tons of polyester with no current recycling solution. The 40-hectare plant in Normandy will employ 357 people. -> https://youtu.be/ySwxg8H1Pzo To meet the challenges of waste, global warming and continuing population growth, it is committed to collaborating with the ecosystem and the value chain to initiate systemic change for a sustainable future and our future generations.