P&G to double recycled content of cleaning product plastic packaging

The brand said the step to reduce the environmental impact of its cleaning products will begin in 2020

P&G joins labelling scheme to bin confusing recycling instructions

The consumer goods giant has signed up to the On-Pack Recycling Label scheme, through which it will provide clear and concise guidance on how better to dispose of waste

Ariel and Lenor clean up their act on plastic waste

Parent company P&G has announced the brands will reduce plastic packaging use across Europe by 30% before 2025

P&G pledges to eliminate all factory waste by 2020

P&G has pledged to eliminate all manufacturing waste from its production sites by 2020. More than half of the company’s factories have already achieved the zero waste milestone and the firm now intends to commit additional investment for the remaning sites before the end of the decade. This means eliminating or finding a use for around […]

P&G hits energy target four years early

Procter & Gamble has announced it has achieved its energy reduction target four years early. The company, which is behind household brands including Tide, Gillete and Febreze, has reduced its energy consumption by 20% per unit of production this year, the target was set for 2020. It said the achievement of its goal is “in a […]

P&G to turn the Tide with wind energy

The owner of fabric and home care brands such as Tide, Dawn and Febreze is to use renewable energy to manufacture the products. P&G has agreed to buy electricity produced at EDF’s 123MW Tyler Bluff wind farm in northern Texas, which is due to come online in December next year. The wind farm will generate […]

Pampers and Gillette owner achieves zero waste at 45 sites

The global firm behind household brands like shaving firm Gillette and nappy maker Pampers has achieved zero waste at 45 of its sites around the world. Procter & Gamble announced yesterday that it no longer sends manufacturing waste to landfill at these sites, instead either recycling, reusing or converting the waste into energy. In the […]