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Sustainable packaging solutions for SB54 compliance

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Background

P&G is focused on ensuring compliance with California’s Senate Bill 54, which mandates specific sustainability and recycling requirements for packaging. Our current 5 layer (mLLDPE, HDPE) primary and secondary consumer level packaging for Bounty, Puffs and Charmin (excluding the Charmin Wipes) currently do not meet the requirements for SB54.

What we're looking for

We are seeking innovative solutions and strategies to design packaging that complies with SB54 and replaces our current MDPE flexible wrapper packaging for Bounty, Puffs and Charmin brands (excluding Charmin Wipes). The innovative packaging solution must meet our must-have requirements below.

The goal is to explore and identify top recommendations that can serve as inspiration or requirements for developing compliant packaging solutions.

Launch Timeline: Fiscal year 2027-2028

Solutions of interest include:

A fiber-based solution that is curbside recyclable
Material that is reliably biodegradable in a landfill (i.e. no specialized facilities or at home compost required)
Other materials that we may not be considering to replace our current plastic film flexible wrapper packaging for Bounty, Puffs and Charmin brands

Our must-have requirements are:

General property requirements include: 1) moisture barrier for paper products (specialized, if lotion is included); 2) tightly bundles paper products; 3) ability to be stacked on a pallet; 4) high quality printable; and 5) ability to adapt characteristics like coefficient of friction, thickness, tensile strength, etc. to be use with our current equipment.
Addresses the specific requirements of California’s Senate Bill 54.
Packaging that demonstrates superiority over competitor packaging.
Cost-effective solutions that can work with our current Multiflow wrapper equipment, Columbia Palletizers, and Lantech Stretchwrappers – Ring and Legacy Wrappers. Additional equipment includes conveyor belts and Edson case packers.
Solutions that are responsibly sourced (FSC certified, etc.).

Our nice-to-have's are:

Lab scale, pilot scale, and close-commercial demonstration scale solutions
Solutions that can be produced at scale

What's out of scope:

Materials that require at-home composting
Materials that require industrial composting
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Acceptable technology readiness levels (TRL):

Levels 1-9

What we can offer you

Eligible partnership models:

Sponsored researchCo-developmentEquity investmentSupply/purchaseLicensingCapstone project

Benefits:

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Funding is proposal dependent and typically around $50,000 for a 4 to 5-month proof-of-concept, with opportunities for follow-on funding.

Who we are

At P&G, innovation is what we do best. We love finding solutions to problems. With the heart of a start-up and the resources of a global corporation, we are always looking for ways to reinvent every aspect of our business. As we innovate, we find inspiration in people - their needs, values, desires, and passions. The people of P&G R&D know that collaboration is key to unlocking visionary thinking. Our experts seamlessly work together with our external partners in the pursuit of the new, the next, the impossible. Read more here: https://www.pgconnectdevelop.com/

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Communications Specialist

Pete Ellingson

Director / Open Innovation

Matt Wagner

Director, New Technology & Product Development

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Biodegradability in landfills is meaningless. In the anaerobic environment of a landfill, biodegradability results in methane emissions that has a 25X GWP impact. Compostable plastics can be a solution. Happy to discuss

Ramani Narayan, Principal Investigator, Michigan State University

December 18, 2024

Hello, I am working with a firm who's packaging solution uses only compostable plastics, which has good moisture barrier, mechanical, vacuum sealing and printing properties. Are they eligible for this competition?

Bryn Crawford, Research Associate, University of British Columbia

December 22, 2024

Hello - APC has been developing paper-based solutions for these applications that would meet these requirements. We would value the opportunity to engage w/ P&G technical. By registering w/ Halo, with this allow access to the RFP event? Any guidance here

John Casani, National Account Manager , American Packaging Corporation

December 2, 2024

Thank you for your interest. Once you are registered you should be able to access to the RFP event and submit your proposal. The deadline is Dec 31sth 2024. Look forward to it. Fei

Former Employee, Director, Procter & Gamble

December 3, 2024

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