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Procter & Gamble Unveils Green Initiative. By Dan Sewell, AP, 9/27/10. "The world's largest consumer product maker announced Monday [9/27/10] that it has set ambitious long-term targets for cutting the waste it produces and improving its energy efficiency. Procter & Gamble said it eventually will use only renewable energy to power its factories and only recycled or renewable materials to make and package its products. The manufacturer of Pampers diapers, Gillette shavers and numerous other top-selling products says it will take decades to achieve these goals. But it has set 10-year targets and will provide updates each year… Among P&G's targets for 2020 is having its factories get 30 percent of their power from renewable sources. P&G officials said new plants now being built around the globe will use more solar, wind and water power. P&G also wants to make cold-water laundry twice as popular by 2020 through sales of products such as Tide Cold Water."