Headache over Easter eggs packaging

Recycling specialists at South Ribble Borough Council are sending out a plea to the locals to bear in mind the fact that good things come in small packages as they do their shopping for the Easter season.

Close to eighty million chocolate eggs will be sold in the United Kingdom in the coming days and surveys show that most of these Easter treats will be highly over-wrapped. Consequently councils will have more than five thousand tonnes of extra plastic, tin foil and cardboard waste to grapple with.

That’s why this time round South Ribble Borough Council is urging the locals not to take the wrappings when they are doing their Easter shopping. Instead the council bosses are advocating that the local people improvise and make their own Easter items or only pick Easter treats that are not wrapped in cardboard boxes, tin foil or plastic. It is hoped that this will lead to a reduction in the amount of rubbish.

Those who opt to go ahead and buy Easter treats packed in cardboard boxes and the like are being reminded to put the packaging material in their green boxes after they are finished with them so that the waste can undergo recycling.

The Cabinet Member responsible for Environmental and Green Issues, Councillor Peter Mullineaux added to the council’s plea to the locals saying the council’s Easter message was focused on reducing, reusing and recycling waste. He urged everyone living in the borough to put their environment first during the Easter season. Councillor Peter Mullineaux expressed hope that through everyone’s cooperation, South Ribble’s carbon footprint would go down significantly.