Easter Eggs…2,000 tonnes of Chocolate, 20,000 tonnes of Waste!
Easter is upon us and it is time to think of Eggs and Bunnies, as we munch our way through 18 million eggs this Easter, or 2,000 tonnes of chocolate. In the process we will create 20,000 tonnes of packaging waste, enough to fill 161 Boeing 747-800 aircrafts. The good news is that 71{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} of all Easter Egg packaging is recycled thanks to the efforts of the 68{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} of us that do so. There is also some welcome news in that the amount of packaging on Easter Eggs has reduced by 25{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} over the last few years, which will help to reduce those guilty feeling when we consume our average 8 eggs per household. 
Not all Easter Eggs however come with excess packaging, and this was particularly welcome in the case of the Belgian Guylian Easter Egg produced in 2005 which was 8 meters tall , 7 meters wide and weighed in at 4,2000 pounds. 
An Egg like this would naturally have to have a suitable Easter Bunny such as Darius who weighs in at nearly four stone and is 1.3m in length. So enjoy your Egg or indeed Eggs this Easter and please do help to fill those 161 Boeing 747-800’s!