July 2023

The Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that cease and desist letters went to six companies accused of manufacturing the intoxicating products “in packaging almost identical to many snacks and candy children eat, including Doritos tortilla chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, and Nerds candy.”

Images of the THC-laden snacks show font and packaging art closely mimicking the candy and chip brands:

Clean beauty brand Innersense Organic Beauty, which recently announced its Climate Neutral and Plastic Neutral certifications, has now expanded its line to include 32 oz pouches for Hairbaths and Conditioners. Each pouch uses 70% less plastic than the current 32 oz lnnersense Organic Beauty bottle and 75% less plastic than three 10 oz bottles.
 

As part of the Vada 2.0 launch, iD Fresh Food has unveiled an exciting campaign titled "Your Vada, Your Way Da!" The campaign emphasizes iD's innovative and customizable approach to vada preparation, empowering individuals to create vadas according to their personal taste.

For applications requiring immediate dry times on non-porous surfaces, Squid Ink’s CoPilot Gemini printing system can also run UV LED curable inks. With up to 5.6 in. of print height and print speeds up to 220 ft/min, the CoPilot Gemini provides a cost-effective solution for making a mark on a wide variety of products and substrates.

Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to introduce recycling points for coffee machine pods. The move which is being trialled in 29 stores is in partnership with Podback, the pod recycling service. 

In an effort to make coffee pod recycling even easier and convenient, Morrisons is trialling a new drop-off service that allows customers to collect their Podback recycling bags, fill with their used pods, and recycle in a dedicated bin located at the front of the store.

Guill's Flat Top bag machines models TKR,KR and KRB can operate with fully recyclable and even some biodegradable films, including the following:

The design agency’s design raises the plight of the birds with illustrations picked out of gold. The 100 bottles include individually numbered labels, designed to evoke the craft of the Godawan’s homeland of Rajasthan. 

Butterfly Cannon added: “The Godawan wordmark, a contemporary interpretation of a traditional local typeface, blooms from a colour-blocked horizon that conveys the vastness of the desert landscape, so crucial to the Godawan’s survival.

Campaign group Surfers Against Sewage, which released its annual audit on Friday, looked at more than 30,700 individual polluting items collected by more than 4,000 citizen scientists along coastlines, canal paths, bridleways and city streets over a 12-month period up to June 5 2023.

The audit found that 12 companies are responsible for more than two thirds (70%) of branded pollution collected over the year.

Ahlstrom’s Cristal™ base papers are an optimum solution for transparent packaging. By partnering with adapa and Maped, the three companies have developed fiber-based window packaging for a popular school supply – erasers.