PepsiCo and Waste Management, Inc. announced a multi-year partnership in support of the Dream Machine recycling initiative designed around PepsiCo’s goal of increasing the U.S. beverage container recycling rate from 34 percent to 50 percent by 2018. Dream Machine kiosks are computerized receptacles that include a personal reward system that allows consumers to collect and redeem points for each bottle or can they recycle in the kiosk.

Magnum Gold Ice Cream has launched a great campaign featuring Oscar-winning Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro and actress Caroline Correa. The celebrities presented the new product, a perfect blend of vanilla and caramel in «crackling golden dipped milk chocolate«, at the El Principal restaurant on April 8, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. They also starred in a new commercial directed by Brian Singer (Valkyrie, Superman Returns).

Recently Walkers created a huge promotional campaign dedicated to crisps for hamburgers, and now the snack brand is kicking off another large-scale project to find the world’s favourite flavour of crisp. The total prize fund of the new campaign is £200,000 — Walkers will give out £1,000 on a weekly basis and a grand prize of £10,000 for each flavour’s top-voted entry.