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This is because the stretching does not change the chemical composition of the rubber band.

Rubber bands are made of cross-linked polymers, long chain molecules connected to each other, that initially exist in a coiled state. Stretching forces these chains to lengthen, and aligns them in the direction of the applied stress, without forcing them to undergo any chemical change.

Think about a whole mass of tangled yarn. When you pull the left and right sides of it, it will get longer and more of the yarn will be pointing from left to right, but the yarn will be the same yarn that initially was in the tangled state. Because it is the "same yarn" in the before and after states, it is a physical change.

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