To meet its ambitious sustainability targets, GSK Consumer Healthcare has joined the Pulpex paper bottle consortium.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) has joined the Pulpex paper bottle partner consortium and will explore incorporating recyclable paper bottles into its packaging. The partnership is part of GSKCH’s commitment for all consumer product packaging to be recyclable or reusable, including eliminating all problematic and unnecessary plastics, where quality and safety permits, by 2025.

Pulpex Limited has developed a first-of-its-kind, scalable paper bottle made from sustainably sourced pulp. In addition to being 100 percent polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-free, the bottle meets food safety standards and will be recyclable in standard paper waste streams, which have a far higher yield than plastic waste streams.

Mike Anstey, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pilot Lite, which established Pulpex with spirits producer Diageo, commented: “We are proud to have an innovative company like GSK Consumer Healthcare with its portfolio of science-based brands as a member of the Pulpex consortium. GSK Consumer Healthcare is not only a world leader in the consumer healthcare market, they are now providing the type of brand leadership needed to minimise the environmental footprint of packaging.”

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