- In America, over 25 million tons of plastic end up in landfills yearly.
- Only 3% of polypropylene, the rigid plastic used in deodorant containers and shampoo bottles, get recycled (difficult to get rid of smell) compared to 29% of polyethylene terephthalate (soda bottles).
- Procter & Gamble chemist John Lymar developed a process that purifies polypropylene to produce clear, odorless pellets that can make bottles.
- P&G licensed the method to startup PureCycle, which will process 119 million lbs of plastic waste per year.
There’s Finally a Way to Recycle the Plastic in Shampoo and Yogurt Packaging
(09/25/2019)