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

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 .
Walkers is putting £14million into replacing the outer plastic bags on its 22 and 24-bag multi-packs with more sustainable cardboard packaging.
The new design, which followed a trial with , will be on-shelves in all major supermarkets in the UK in the coming weeks.
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.

The firm also wants to hit net zero emissions by 2040. 
The investment is an 'important step forward' in reducing its virgin plastic use and 'helping to tackle our carbon footprint,' PepsiCo told MailOnline.
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.
Walkers is introducing cardboard boxes (pictured) for healthtopical.com 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
Walkers' new design will impact millions of its crisps packages, the company revealed on Thursday.
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.
PepsiCo says the new is produced using nanotechnology that places tiny air bubbles into the film to reduce the amount of plastic used. 
It also helps the material retain the same strength and stretch needed to safely transport crisps to stores.
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The use of the new technologies will lead to a 40 per cent reduction is virgin plastic usage year on year, PepsiCo reported.
Reducing the fossil-fuel based virgin plastic used in shrink wrap will also reduce PepsiCo's annual carbon emissions by 465 tonnes.
'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 Sustainable Packaging Director Simon Devaney told MailOnline in a statement.
'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.'
 Walkers is putting £14million into replacing the outer plastic bags on its 22 and 24-bag multi-packs with more sustainable cardboard packaging.

The old packaging is pictured above
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