Walkers in partnership with TerraCycle is creating the UK’s first nationwide recycling scheme for crisp packets. Public access collection points will be developed all around the country, encouraging people to either drop off their packets or alternatively post them for free in a box or envelope directly to TerraCycle for recycling.

The UK's biggest crisp brand Walkers has unveiled plans to launch a nationwide crisp packet recycling scheme, following months of consumer protests against its hard-to-recycle packaging. The company, which is a subsidiary of global food and beverage giant PepsiCo, has partnered with recycling firm TerraCycle to develop a method of recycling the packets. The method involves cleaning and shredding the metallised film, allowing it to be melted into small plastic pellets that can then be incorporated into products such as fence posts and furniture.

Walkers is set to launch the UK’s first nationwide recycling scheme for crisp packets. People will be encouraged to either drop off their packets at one of the hundreds of public access collection points that will be developed all around the country or alternatively post them for free in a box or envelope directly to TerraCycle for recycling.

CRISP giant Walkers is to offer a free recycling scheme to customers after hundreds of Brits put pressure on the firm. Last week, Royal Mail asked people to stop posting the empty crisp packets back to Walkers as a protest against its use of non-recyclable packets.

Walkers has announced it is launching a recycling scheme for crisp packets following weeks of backlash from campaigners who had started posting their empty packets back to the manufacturer. The new scheme, in partnership with recycling firm TerraCycle, will launch in December and allows customers to drop off any type of crisp packet (it doesn’t have to be Walkers) to hundreds of collection points up and down the country.

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12. Package Refunds– Bottle deposits are the most popular that people are familiar with however there are other options as well. TerraCycle is another great free program that you can send in your packaging in pre paid envelops to raise money for charity!

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Walkers has announced a new recycling scheme two weeks after Royal Mail asked anti-plastic campaigners to stop posting empty crisp packets without envelopes. From December fans of the savoury snack company can post used packets in envelopes free of charge, directly to a recycling company. All brands of crisp packets will be accepted as part of the deal.

Terracycle es una empresa privada norteamericana de reciclaje con sede en Trenton, New Yersey. Con presencia en varios países, también se encuentra en laborando en nuestro país, ellos buscan el eliminar la idea de “basura”, buscando reciclar aquellos productos plásticos que pueden ser considerados como “no reciclables” como por ejemplo, lapiceros, guantes plásticos, etc. Cuentan con varios programas de reciclaje, así que te invitamos a navegar en su sitio web para que tu también participes, te inscribas y ¡contribuyas!