Procter & Gamble is committed to achieving its Ambition 2030 and 2040 sustainability goals, which include reducing plastic usage and lowering carbon footprint.
Our initial focus is on light weighting plastic bottles, as they make up a large percentage of the packaging materials we use globally. While there are existing solutions that reduce the weight of plastic bottles, many compromise on bottle strength and/or performance. This reduction in strength can lead to issues such as product damage during transportation, increased packaging waste due to breakage, and operational challenges on the packaging line. We want to identify and develop light weighting solutions that can MAINTAIN bottle strength and performance.
We are looking for solutions that enable 25+% light weighting of HDPE and PET bottles, while maintaining package overall strength to meet existing packing line and supply chain requirements. Solutions can be developmental, not limited to commercial solutions.
- Innovative materials or additives
- Innovative bottle making processes beyond traditional blow molding and injection stretch blow molding (ISBM)
- Insights or approaches from industries beyond packaging with expertise in materials efficiency, e.g. shoe design, aerospace, automotive, architecture, etc.
- Enable 25+% light weighting of HDPE or PET bottles.
- Maintain overall package strength.
- Maintain recyclability in recycling streams for plastic bottles/closure.
- Temporary packaging line solutions that do not improve bottle strength, like using support (pucks) to provide artificial strength to lightweight bottles as they travel through the packaging line.
- Known light weighting approaches for packaging, such as simple shape modifications and wall thickness reduction.
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