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The UK's biggest crisp brand is introducing cardboard boxes for its multi-packs of crisps in a bid to remove 250 tonnes of plastic from its annual .<br>Walkers is putting £14million into replacing the outer plastic bags on its 22 and 24-bag multi-packs with more sustainable cardboard packaging.<br>The new design, which followed a trial with , will be on-shelves in all major supermarkets in the UK in the coming weeks.<br>PepsiCo said the new packaging is part of its plan to remove virgin fossil-based plastics from all its snack bags across Europe by 2030.<br><br>The firm also wants to hit net zero emissions by 2040. <br>The investment is an 'important step forward' in reducing its virgin plastic use and 'helping to tackle our carbon footprint,' PepsiCo told MailOnline.<br>The new design comes four years after Walkers was publicly slammed for its contribution to plastic waste after analysis revealed it was producing more than 7,000 non-recyclable crisp packets every minute.<br>         Walkers is introducing cardboard boxes (pictured) for its multi-packs of crisps in a bid to remove 250 tonnes of plastic from its annual supply chain. The new packaging will be on-shelves in all major supermarkets in the UK in the coming weeks<br>Walkers' new design will impact millions of its crisps packages, the company revealed on Thursday.<br>The crisps producer has also invested in a new stretch film that will be used to wrap around pallets before they are distributed to retailers.<br>PepsiCo says the new is produced using nanotechnology that places tiny air bubbles into the film to reduce the amount of plastic used. <br>It also helps the material retain the same strength and stretch needed to safely transport crisps to stores.<br>   RELATED ARTICLES                  <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>The use of the new technologies will lead to a 40 per cent reduction is virgin plastic usage year on year, PepsiCo reported.<br>Reducing the fossil-fuel based virgin plastic used in shrink wrap will also reduce PepsiCo's annual carbon emissions by 465 tonnes.<br>'Reducing virgin plastic across our supply chain is a key part of our commitment to creating a world where packaging never becomes waste,' PepsiCo UK & Ireland  [https://healthtopical.com/for-stretch-marks-oil/ https://healthtopical.com/for-stretch-marks-oil/] Sustainable Packaging Director Simon Devaney told MailOnline in a statement.<br>'We are constantly exploring new scalable solutions and this investment marks an important step forward, delivering a huge reduction in virgin plastic across some of our best-selling ranges, while also helping to tackle our carbon footprint.'<br>          Walkers is putting £14million into replacing the outer plastic bags on its 22 and 24-bag multi-packs with more sustainable cardboard packaging.<br><br>The old packaging is pictured above<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-44d92eb0-4b0f-11ed-8ab1-11ded8a46d11" website will introduce cardboard boxes for its multi-packs of crisps