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GREEN CHOCS Do your favourite Christmas treats have more packaging than chocolate?

The tough plastic box bears a sticker that says it cannot be collected from most doorstep recycling boxes. Instead, you have to take it to one of 112 TerraCycle drop-off points in the UK.

thesun.co.uk · Dec 14, 2020

Recycling unrecyclable mainstream consumer items

The parable of Walkers Crisps is worth remembering next time you encounter a mainstream consumer item that is not recyclable, such as butter wrappers, coffee bags and the plastic backing on An Post stamps. Walkers Crisps became a symbol of … Continue Reading

www.irishtimes.com · Dec 13, 2020

WALKERS USES POTATO PEELINGS TO CUT ITS CARBON EMISSIONS BY 70 PER CENT

Following calls to reduce the amount of plastic packaging it produces, Walkers introduced a recycling scheme in 2018 that recycles plastic to manufacture other plastic items. Consumers can deposit used crisp packets at collection points around the UK which are then returned … Continue Reading

independent.co.uk · Dec 7, 2020