ASA cracks down on 'compostable' coffee pod claims

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Advertising watchdog rules against two separate adverts from Lavazza and Dualit over 'compostable' coffee pod claims

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today cracked down on a number of "compostable" product claims made about coffee pods and bags, ruling claims made in two separate adverts were "misleading"....

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