Advil to Reduce Plastic in Over 80 Million Bottles by 20% with New Sustainable Plastic Technology

WARREN, N.J., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — GSK Shopper Healthcare (LSE/NYSE: GSK), the maker of Advil, right this moment introduced its dedication to decreasing the plastic in over 80 million Advil bottles^¹ by 20%, which can end in a discount of almost 500,000 kilos of plastic within the surroundings. By 2022, Advil may have lowered the plastic in almost all bottles available in shops and on-line.^²

The initiative is a first-of-its-kind sustainable plastic know-how for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. This new barrier resin know-how reduces the quantity of resin required to mildew and craft the bottles, whereas sustaining the identical barrier safety properties. It permits for a 20% discount in materials utilization for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles that can by no means enter the environmental waste stream, with out a discount to vital efficiency traits of the bottle.

The brand new sustainability objective set by Advil is a part of GSK’s ambition for all client product packaging to be recyclable or reusable, together with eliminating all problematic and pointless plastics when permitted, whereas making certain the standard, security and efficacy of our merchandise, by 2025.

“As a world chief in ache aid, we at GSK are proud to transition Advil to a extra environmentally pleasant packaging, additional supporting GSK’s dedication to sustainability,” mentioned Sarah McDonald, VP of Sustainability, GSK Shopper Healthcare. “With the brand new know-how out there to us, we noticed this as a chance to spend money on the way forward for our manufacturers and sustainability targets. Advil’s swap to twenty% much less plastic is a primary within the OTC class, and kicks off a collection of plastic discount initiatives throughout the product portfolio at GSK.”

The concentrate on plastics and packaging is knowledgeable by the main necessities set by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation. GSK joined the Ellen MacArthur Community in 2020 and is dedicated to taking part in its half in mobilizing a shift in direction of a round financial system for plastics.

As a part of their 2025 sustainability dedication, GSK additionally joined the Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD), which goals to extend the transparency and traceability of palm oil derivatives provide chains. In collaboration with ASD, GSK launched the Sustainable Palm Index (SPI), an analysis scorecard for suppliers of palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives, meant to assist procurement selections.

Additional, final yr GSK announced bold new environmental sustainability targets in each local weather and nature, aiming to have a internet zero impression on local weather and a internet optimistic impression on nature by 2030.

GSK has already begun transitioning Advil’s bottles to twenty% much less plastic, and the Advil portfolio may have transitioned by 2022, on-line and on retail cabinets nationwide. To study extra about Advil and GSK’s sustainability initiatives, go to GSK.com.

GSK’s dedication to ache aid
We’re the world chief in ache aid. With a portfolio of (systemic and topical) merchandise to alleviate ache, our vary brings consolation and ease to tens of millions. World-leading manufacturers together with Advil, Panadol and Voltaren; and beloved native manufacturers like Excedrin within the US and Fenbid in China assist individuals handle their signs to allow them to take pleasure in life to the fullest.

About Advil
Sufferers and medical doctors have trusted Advil to ship highly effective aid from a number of sorts of ache, together with headache, muscle aches, minor arthritis and different joint ache, and backache for greater than 35 years. No different OTC ache reliever has been confirmed stronger on ache than Advil. Advil’s line of merchandise consists of Advil Liqui-Gels, Advil Migraine, Advil PM, Kids’s Advil Allergy & Congestion Aid, and the model’s newest innovation, Advil Twin Motion.

Necessary Security Info
For greater than 30 years, intensive client use and quite a few medical research have proven that, ibuprofen, the lively ingredient in Advil, when used as directed, is a secure and efficient OTC ache reliever and fever reducer.

Please seek advice from the complete product labeling for added security data associated to Advil.

About GSK Shopper Healthcare
GSK Shopper Healthcare combines science and client insights to create modern world-class well being care manufacturers that buyers belief and specialists advocate for oral well being, ache aid, respiratory and wellness. For additional data please go to www.gsk.com.