# Procter & Gamble signs five-year deal to buy recycled HDPE from Viridor

Procter & Gamble signed a five-year contract with UK recycling company Viridor to buy recycled high-density polyethylene for its European Ariel laundry packaging, enough to make about 200 million bottles.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-02-21
- Where: United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: recycled HDPE, Ariel detergent bottles
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Procter & Gamble](https://endata.com/companies/1815.md) (customer)
- [Viridor](https://endata.com/companies/3489.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [environmentenergyleader.com](https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/articles/10082-procter-and-gamble-signs-deal-for-recycled-plastic-supply), 2020-02-21: "Procter & Gamble signed a five-year contract to purchase recycled plastic from a supplier the UK."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09808-buscon5), 2020-02-24: "P&G says it has established a 5-year partnership with the UK waste management firm Viridor to purchase enough recycled high-density polyethylene to make 200 million bottles for its Ariel brand of laundry detergent."

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