Cunning criminal! CCTV unmasks FOX as milk thief snatching bottles from the doorstep Antony Neale noticed milk was disappearing from his doorstep in Canvey Island The 55-year-old reviewed footage from a camera set up at his Essex home He spotted a cunning fox had been taken his milk before he had a chance By Sebastian … Read more
New smart bottle caps will help detect counterfeit wine by giving each bottle a ‘digital birth certificate’ that shoppers can check with a smartphone app A new smart bottle cap will help wine buyers identify counterfeit vintages The cap uses NFC and RFID chips to store a ‘digital birth certificate’ Buyers can check the certificate … Read more
Of 30 billion plastic bottles used by UK households each year, only 57 per cent are currently recycled. With half of these going to landfill, half of all plastic bottles that are recycled go to waste. Around 700,000 plastic bottles a day end up as litter. This is largely due to plastic wrapping around bottles … Read more
Revealed: Nearly three quarters of alcohol on UK shelves is being displayed without Government’s safe drinking limits – four years after they were brought in Figures include 1 in 4 bottles or cans showing wrong advice for men and women Some falsely claimed men could have 28 units a week and women 21 Government overhauled … Read more
Mothers have come under fire for feeding their babies so-called ‘knockout’ bottles filled with a mix of ingredients designed to make them sleep through the night. The concoctions, which are made from formula or breast milk mixed with cereal, baby food and even medicine, have been called ‘dangerous’ and a ‘choking hazard’ by child nutritionists. The … Read more
People drink faster when wine is served in bigger glasses, study finds Researchers increased the size of the standard 300ml wine glass by 70ml They also knocked 50ml of size off another set of glasses for their study They found restaurant drinkers bought more when the glasses were bigger They also found that people tended … Read more