US-based Tomra Collection Solutions is expanding its Flow Technology across its portfolio of reverse vending machines (RVMs), which collect bottles and cans for recycling. Claimed to be the world’s 360° recognition system in ...
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Tomra Collection Solutions has introduced a new portfolio of digital products for its reverse vending machines, which collect cans and bottles for reuse and recycling. Tomra Connect, which is a portfolio of digital products for the ...
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Vincent Gielen has introduced an on-the-go beverage heater that works with the push of a button. The Press self-heating cup works by the activation of calcium oxide thermodynamic core. By pressing the button, a small hole in activator and ...
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Coffee company Starbucks has introduced its Double Double Frappuccino blended beverage in the US and Canada. The beverage is a double dose of mocha sauce combined with vanilla syrup, Frappuccino Roast coffee and milk, blended with ice. ...
Some News South Wales hospitals will soon have soft drinks removed from all vending machines. In a first time move, the decision was made by the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) which operates health facilities in Wagga Wagga, ...
An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
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Diodes Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today introduced the BCR420U and BCR421U. These ...
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Roy Morgan Research has found that one-third of the Australian population buy at least one chocolate bar in an average four week period. Supermarkets are by far the country’s favourite place to purchase chocolate bars with almost ...
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Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) has signed a basic agreement to buy beverage business of Japan Tobacco (JT) for $1.2bn. According to SBF, the deal also includes acquisition of canned coffee brand Roots and peach-flavored drink brand Momono ...
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In the mood for twinkie? In the future, you may need a snack machine's approval. The Luce X2 Touch TV vending machine has facial-recognition technology, meaning it can, apparently, identify customers and remember their snacking profiles. ...
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Have you ever had the sadness facing a disappointing slice of toast when you were starving at the midnight? Have you ever excepted a miracle of a hot chip vending machine that deep fries frozen chips when you get hungry? A Perth-based ...
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed the acceptance of a letter addressed to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Authority (NPCIA) from the New South Wales (NSW) government related to a container deposit scheme and is examining ...
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Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
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The debate around raw milk continues after dairy company Mountain View Farm recalled its Organic Bath Milk product. The recall came after the product was implicated in the death of a three-year-old child, who had consumed it. ACCC to ...
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Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
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