624 tonnes: Easter eggs choc full of wrapping

HOUSEHOLDERS can save the carbon equivalent of 20,000 bags of coal by recycling the packaging from 6.4 million Easter eggs this weekend.

According to Repak, the annual chocolate splurge will result in the creation of 624 tonnes of additional used packaging — equivalent in weight to 78 killer whales.

The news comes as it emerged that chocolate egg manufacturers have done little to reduce the amount of packaging on their Easter products.