HolyGrail P&G

HolyGrail is an innovative project integrating digital watermarks and recyclable materials into packaging to enhance recycling efficiency and logistics management for consumer goods.

The HolyGrail project, launched in 2023 in Germany by P&G, applies digital watermark shrink-sleeve labels with non-bleeding inks to transparent Lenor rPET bottles. This technology enables automatic sorting and 100% recyclability, addressing the need “Recycling Facilitation and Waste Disposal Optimisation (R8 Circularity Strategy)” and “Optimisation of Logistics, Transport and Storage Processes, and Last-Mile Delivery” by improving sustainability and production flow traceability.
HolyGrail è un progetto innovativo che integra filigrane digitali e materiali riciclabili nelle confezioni per migliorare l’efficienza del riciclo e la gestione logistica dei prodotti di largo consumo.

Il progetto HolyGrail, avviato nel 2022 negli Stati Uniti da P&G, applica etichette termoretraibili con filigrana digitale stampata con inchiostri stabili alle bottiglie Lenor, ora realizzate in rPET trasparente. Questa tecnologia consente lo smistamento automatico e una riciclabilità totale delle confezioni, rispondendo ai need “Recycling Facilitation and Waste Disposal Optimisation (R8 Circularity Strategy)” e “Optimisation of Logistics, Transport and Storage Processes, and Last-Mile Delivery” migliorando sostenibilità e tracciabilità del ciclo produttivo.
Material Suppliers

P&G, AIM - European Brands Association, Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Year

2022

Reference Sector
Target Market
Project Type

Commercialised Solution

Project Focus
Circular Economy Strategy
Smart Domain
Technological Component
Morphological Family
Material Family
Packaging Production Processes