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Scaling Dissolution Recycling Supports a Circular Future
P&G R&D is committed to developing and adopting the latest technologies to address sustainability challenges. These efforts enable us to make better products and support the industry at large in implementing practices that benefit the environment.

The Future of Collaboration: How AI is Supplementing Teamwork and Innovation at P&G
At P&G, we are constantly exploring new ways to innovate and deliver solutions that improve lives for the billions of people who use our products every day. P&G R&D employees have long harnessed digital tools to accelerate our innovation process, delivering new offerings with unparalleled speed and efficiency.

Advancing Preservation Science and Women in STEM
Preservatives play a crucial role in our daily lives, even if we don't always notice them. These natural or synthetic ingredients are used to slow or stop the growth of microorganisms in various products and, as a leading innovator in consumer product development, P&G R&D is always looking around the corner for the next best preservative technology.


Featured Expert
John Layman, PhDR&D Senior Director of Sustainable Materials Development
John helps P&G create responsible materials that reduce overall environmental impact. In his 14 years at P&G, John’s team has launched sustainable materials for familiar global brands including Pantene, Herbal Essences, Always, Pampers, Tide, Ariel, and Gillette. John also invented a patented purification technology to remove contamination from recycled plastics, producing the high quality of virgin plastics with a much lower carbon footprint.




