Miscellaneous

The Speyside Scotch whisky made its debut into the NFT (Non-Fungible Token) space in collaboration with BlockBar and Bored Ape Yacht Club with a collection of Bored Ape NFTs.

The partnership launched with a ballot for Bored Ape holders, in which 10 winners were selected to each put their very own ape onto a limited run of 100 Monkey Shoulder bottles, before earning royalties from subsequent bottle sales.

The Inaccessible Perfume project – exhibited at Design Miami – encloses the perfume within a recycled fibreglass material named Glebanite.

The limited-edition packaging includes three different colours, each with its own texture. Each form of packaging conceals one of three different fragrances by oneofthose.

Grey-toned blocks disguise the brand's Oxygen scent, black ones hide Sulphur, and the white set is filled with Curium.

Each of the 15 monoliths, described by Gotti as "modern fossils", are signed and numbered.

“CäPeachio’s has always been a brand that keeps up with the times,” says James Anderko, Vice President of Sales. “While the crackers themselves are timeless, it’s important to us that the packaging continues to attract the modern customer.”   

The brand refresh includes all-new photography of the elegantly simple crackers with new toppings. A deeper, more vibrant color palette, coupled with subtle patterns, highlights the range of flavors. As always, CäPeachio’s old-world-style crackers are all-natural, vegan, non-GMO, and kosher.

PFAS are a diverse family of synthetic chemicals that are used in the manufacturing of every day products with anti-stain, water, grease, oil and/or dirt-repelling properties. These products include fast food containers, microwave popcorn bags, paper wrappers such as those for sandwiches and butter, and many others. The PFAS in Food Packaging Law, an update to the New York State Hazardous Packaging Act, will take effect on December 31, 2022. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will be testing for PFAS in food packaging beginning in 2023 in New York State.

People are just realising a 'genius' hidden function inside Terry's chocolate orange.

While fans of the product may assume that they know the sweet treat back to front, the new discovery of a hidden function has left people floored, reports the Mirror.

Taking to TikTok, Neil Adams - who boasts more than 2,600 followers on his account @michael_adams1138 - shared a video of him demonstrating the handy feature first-hand. Posting the clip to the popular video-streaming service, Neil left people gobsmacked with his clip, which has raked in over 338,000 views since posting.

As of September 1, 2023, a fee will be charged on single-use packaging made of plastic or aluminium, or multi-material packaging with plastic or aluminium purchased in ready-to-eat meals. As with the fee applied on takeaway plastic packaging, the contribution will be of 0.30 cents, as provided for in the State Budget for 2021, and will be obligatorily itemised on the invoice.

The first iteration of the range, Decovery SP-6400XP, is a low-NoAH alkali-soluble acrylic copolymer dispersion with high clarity and flexibility. DSM says that it is particularly suited to adhesive applications, such as removable paper labels for bottles and domestic adhesives.

The company also says that its new solution has a “significantly lower” carbon footprint than conventional, oil-based alternatives, while also being highly flexible, meaning it can be deployed to adhere to a wide range of substrates.

• Amazon delivery packages from North America were found in illegal dump sites and mills in India.
• Plastic waste ends up in dump sites that emit vile odors and can pollute the air, Bloomberg reports.

It's not necessarily the fault of Amazon: Many consumers wrongly assume that packages labeled recyclable or featuring the three-arrow recycle logo are safe for recycling everywhere, but the majority of American recyclers can't process soft plastics, Bloomberg reported.