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      <image:caption><![CDATA["To really innovate in packaging...you have to question everything you did before," said Alter Eco CEO Mike Forbes.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[MIA's 1 for Change will fund a Fruit Tree Scholarship Program, which provides Madagascan primary school students with fruit trees and horticultural training. Pic: MIA]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Tennis ace Maria Sharapova launches her candy brand in London, during Wimbledon. Pic: Sugarpova]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[‘YES!’ bars are the first brand to convert to the new revolutionary packaging technique. Pic: Nestlé]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The renewable energy purchased from Enel Green Power North America is enough to produce more than 50% of all the Oreo cookies consumed in the US annually. Pic: Enel Green Power ]]></image:caption>
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