Eastman and Procter & Gamble signed an agreement under which P&G will use Eastman Renew materials, made by molecular recycling of waste plastic, in select products and packaging. The companies will also collaborate on plastic recycling infrastructure.
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.
Dongwon Systems completed a $10 million expansion of its Bac Ninh factory in Vietnam, adding about 4,500 pyeong of space to produce flexible packaging and PET for customers including Unilever, P&G and PepsiCo.
PureCycle, licensed Procter & Gamble's polypropylene recycling technology, began a $120 million facility in Ohio on July 20, 2017, with a feedstock evaluation unit planned for January 2018 and a full-scale plant in 2020.