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Crack Down On Packaging Waste This Easter

Some top tips to cut down your 'egg-cessive' waste this Easter by Leicestershire Waste Partnership.

Easter eggs wrapped in foil Easter produces an extra 3,000 tonnes of waste in the UK every year due to the excess packaging of chocolate Easter eggs.  Choosing an egg with reduced packaging will cut down on waste this Easter. Why not think about alternative options to the usual chocolate eggs and reduce the amount of packaging going to waste?

Some top tips to cut down your 'egg-cessive' waste this Easter:

• Buy foil wrapped Easter eggs or bunnies rather than a boxed egg.
• Choose an egg with reduced packaging, a smaller box or packaged with recyclable materials.
• Make your own Easter eggs. Egg moulds are widely available and can be used year after year. Personalise your handmade chocolate eggs by decorating them with icing and ribbons!
• Hand painted eggshells, or homemade papier mâché eggs can be decorated with brightly coloured paints, felt-tips, glitter or recycled ribbons to make home made Easter gifts.
• If you usually give gifts at Easter then think about giving a green Easter gift such as buying chickens for people in poverty-stricken countries.

Raman Selvon, Principle Assistant (Environment), said:

"I think most people are aware of the amount of excess packaging that all too often surrounds Easter Eggs. The growing number available with minimal or reduced packaging is an encouraging sign that at last manufacturers are listening to their customers, who like most of us enjoy a chocolate egg, or two, but not at the expense of using limited resources to make excessive packaging which is costly to the makers and not really wanted by anyone".

New guides explaining how to make tasty seasonal gifts including papier-mâché or chocolate eggs have been produced by the Leicestershire Waste Partnership. For more information on how to make your own Easter eggs and gifts, visit www.lesswaste.org.uk

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