Repak stresses that Easter is an egg-cellent time to recycle

CONSUMERS must act responsibly to ensure the packaging of five million Easter eggs does not end up discarded in landfill sites, it was urged yesterday.

Repak called upon people as they tucked into their chocolate eggs to spare a thought for where the valuable packaging could end up.

It is estimated over 375,000 kilos of packaging waste will be generated by the five million chocolate eggs consumed this Easter weekend.