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ArticleDS Smith’s baby and home care packaging receives excellence awards from P&G
DS Smith has received two Procter & Gamble Supplier Excellence Awards for its packaging solutions in the Baby Care and Fabric and Home Care categories – the first company to win multiple awards in the same year, it reports.
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ArticleHow P&G packaging seeks to lower its own – and others’ – environmental footprints
Aiming to reduce the environmental footprints of its own operations, its consumers, and the sectors it participates in, P&G has unveiled purification technology for recycled polypropylene, redesigned its packaging for various products, and more.
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ArticleLaundry fibre tile from Tide distributed in recyclable paper pack
Tide is offering a fibre tile form for its laundry line in FSC-certified recyclable paper packaging – a move set to replace plastic bottles and lessen the environmental impact of washing cycles.
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ArticleDow and P&G seek to recycle challenging plastics in low-emissions process
In a joint development agreement, Dow and P&G aim to create a new recycling technology that converts hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into ‘near-virgin quality’ recycled polyethylene with a low greenhouse gas emissions footprint.
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ArticleMono-PE air capsule developed for e-commerce packaging by Dow and P&G China
Dow and Procter & Gamble China have developed a mono-PE air capsule for e-commerce packaging said to reduce material usage and offer a weight reduction of over 40% compared to traditional corrugated parcel boxes.
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ArticleAmcor, Mars, and P&G enter partnership with Delterra to scale up circular plastics solutions in Global South
A strategic partnership has been formed between Amcor, Mars, P&G, and Delterra to bring the latter’s upstream and downstream circular plastics solutions to scale in the Global South – an effort hoped to cut down on plastic pollution in the region.
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ArticleHead & Shoulders packages anti-dandruff shampoo in ‘roll and squeeze’ bottle containing 45% less plastic
P&G brand Head & Shoulders’ nine-ingredient anti-dandruff shampoo BARE is being packaged in a recyclable ‘roll and squeeze’ bottle, designed to enable consumers to use ‘every last drop’ of the product.
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ArticleProcter and Gamble rolls out recyclable paper packaging for Always across Europe
Procter and Gamble has announced that paper-based, FSC-certified, recyclable packaging for its Always Cotton Protection Pad Range has now been rolled out across Europe.
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ArticleA closer look at P&G’s recyclable plastic pump
P&G has created a pump dispenser made entirely from plastic that does not need to be disassembled in order to be recycled, including a plastic spring that the company says does not lose stiffness over time.
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ArticleUnpacking the ‘first step’ on P&G’s paper bottle journey
Earlier this month, Procter & Gamble and Paboco announced a commercial trial for an innovation that it describes as its first step towards a fully recyclable paper-based bottle. We spoke with Jerry Porter, Senior Vice President of R&D for Global Fabric & Home Care Sector at P&G, to get his thoughts on recyclability, the criticisms that have been leveled at P&G following the announcement, and the steps that must be taken in order to launch a fully recyclable paper-based bottle at scale.
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ArticleP&G to trial paper-based bottle for liquid fabric conditioner in Dutch supermarkets
Procter & Gamble Fabric and Home Care has partnered with Paboco to run a trial for its Lenor liquid fabric conditioner brand in ‘first-generation’ paper-based bottles in the Netherlands.
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ArticleFinalist interview: the rPET Lenor bottle with digital watermarking
P&G is transitioning its laundry brand, Lenor, to shrink-sleeved transparent rPET bottles with digital watermarking in order to enable automatic sorting and enhance recyclability. We caught up with P&G to find out more about the new Lenor bottle, which is a finalist in the Recyclable Packaging category of the Sustainability Awards 2022.
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ArticleWalmart and P&G begin pilot offering customers in-store recycling solutions, in collaboration with TerraCycle
Walmart and P&G, in partnership with TerraCycle, will now offer free in-store recycling collection for empty hair care, skincare & cosmetic packaging at 25 Walmart locations.
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ArticleHow P&G’s new laundry capsule box combines sustainable and inclusive design with child safety certification
Ariel will now offer its All-in-1 Pods® in a recyclable cardboard-based box designed with accessibility and child safety certification as a priority. Samantha King, R&D Vice President at P&G Fabric Care Europe, discusses the process behind developing a laundry care box that met the team’s certified child safety, sustainability and inclusivity targets.
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ArticleThe inside story of P&G's new shampoo bars
Earlier this month, Procter and Gamble announced that its Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Herbal Essences, and Aussie brands will now offer shampoo and conditioner bars in a volume equivalent to two 250ml liquid bottles, which will be packaged in recyclable FSC-certified paper boxes. Artur Litarowicz, P&G’s head of beauty Europe, tells us more.
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ArticleP&G launches shampoo bars with paper-based packaging for European haircare portfolio
P&G brands Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Herbal Essences, and Aussie will now offer shampoo and conditioner bars in a volume equivalent to two 250ml liquid bottles, which will be packaged in recyclable FSC-certified paper boxes.
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ArticleLenor ditches opaque bottles and implements digital watermarking to improve recyclability
Procter and Gamble’s Lenor brand recently announced two important sustainability updates. It has transitioned away from opaque bottles to shrink-sleeved transparent ones, and integrated digital watermaking in a bid to simplify the sorting and recycling process.
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ArticleOver 70 organisations call on UN to negotiate a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution
More than 70 businesses and financial institutions have today released a statement calling for an ambitious, comprehensive, and legally binding treaty on plastic pollution ahead of the UN Environment Assembly.
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ArticleAccessible self-sealing upgrade for P&G washing up liquid bottle
Dawn, a Procter & Gamble brand, has today introduced its Dawn EZ-Squeeze, a new inverted bottle with a patented no-flip cap technology, which offers easier and more accessible dispensing of washing up liquid.
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ArticleHow Sumaira Latif brought accessible design to P&G
Melina Spanoudi speaks to Sumaira Latif about her career as Accessibility Leader at Procter & Gamble.