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AS LENTEN PROMISES come to an end and Easter Sunday is celebrated by chocolate lovers up and down the country, Irish people are expected to feast on over 9.5 million Easter eggs.
The massive chocolate egg market in Ireland is worth between €24 million and €28 million.
But with the delicious confectionery comes 500 tonnes of waste, warns recycling agency Repak.
Over the entire weekend (and including all forms of used packaging), 32,000 tonnes of waster will be generated. Put into a timely context, that equates to nearly 70 per cent of the weight of the Titanic, added Repak.
To encourage consumers to help them beat its recycling record for Easter, Repak also let us know the following fascinating facts and figures:
This year, Nestlé – the maker of Yorkie and KitKat chocolate bars – has packaged its entire Easter egg collection in recyclable materials.
The company said the move to eliminate plastic is a culmination of a six-year process. It claims that it has saved 726 tonnes of plastic waste going to landfill per year.
Recyclable cardboard and compostable film is now being used instead of the plastic. The weight of packaging has also been reduced by up to 50 per cent.
Mars have introduced a Recycle Bunny on their Easter eggs which contain step by step recycling panels. Every plastic tray in Mars products is made from recyclable PET plastic.
Cadbury’s produced a Treasure Egg range which is simply wrapped in foil, with no plastic or cardboard at all.
Repak also provided some handy tips for those who want to recycle more this Easter:
Enjoy the feast!
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