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Samsung unveils recycled Hershey’s-themed accessories for new Flip, Fold, and Galaxy watch

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The loved chocolate company, Hershey’s, is a household name, but it contributed roughly 24,000 metric tons of waste in 2023. Through a collaborative and conscious effort, The Hershey Company is assisting Samsung develop custom accessories for its lineup of phones, watches, and earbuds. All of these are made from recycled material comprising Hershey’s plastic packaging waste that would otherwise end in landfills.

Interestingly, the collaborative accessories are part of the new Samsung Friends lineup. Samsung Friends is a lifestyle accessories wing of the South Korean tech giant, which aligns partnerships with different brands to create collaborative accessories through the uses of eco-friendly materials. It currently has 17 such collaborations – with Minions, Disney, Pokémon and more – to its credit and with accessories made using recycled material from Hershey’s confectionary packaging waste, it is making a new story.

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Samsung Friends x Hershey’s collection was officially launched in South Korea on 29 July, 2024. Inspired by the packaging of Hershey’s Kisses, milk chocolate bars, and more; the 12 unique accessories include Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Buds3 series cases and bands.

There is no word on the pricing structure of the accessories, but Samsung Friends will allow customers to interact and customize their accessories in Hershey’s pop-up at Samsung’s Gangnam through 11 August, 2024. Customers can live experience the cases and bands made from 100% recycled material and also savor Hershey’s limited-edition chocolate beverages alongside.

Currently, the lineup of these Hershey’s-themed accessories is only available in South Korea, but the US release is likely in the near future. Tech company informs that the Samsung Friends x Hershey’s collection will also be made available in Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines soon.

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Snack in the box!

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Sugar, Entertainment, and a little bit of technology, all combine to become the child’s latest addiction with Hershey’s Magic Box. The packaging models itself on a large Lego-style brick with two inner compartments. One, for a toy and a ‘Trade card’ with a QR Code, and another for Hershey’s signature production, chocolate. The chocolate comes in the form of orbs, and its compartment opens in a Tic-Tac box style, allowing only one or two choco-balls to exit the box at a time.

In the spirit of retaining packaging, the box is kept long after the chocolates are eaten, and is used for building purposes. Multiple boxes allow kids to explore stacking bricks and making elaborate creative structures. The toys (usually types of cars) become a part of the building blocks’ eco-system, while the QR code gives the children a ‘taste’ of augmented reality as it forms detailed models of the toy cars on mobile phone screens, when scanned using Hershey’s app. Would this encourage parents to buy more candy for their kids?? I truly wonder…

Designer: Dhwanil Chudgar

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