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.

624 tonnes: Easter eggs choc full of wrapping

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.

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