You may be thinking, do we really need to worry about having a plastic free Easter. After all it’s only a couple of chocolate eggs bought once a year.
The resounding answer is Yes we do! In a recent study it was revealed that the average chocolate Easter Egg has around 30g of plastic packaging. With around 148 million hollow Easter eggs sold each year that adds up to more than 3.000 tonnes of plastic waste.
Yes, most of the plastic can be recycled; note the plastic window in the boxes cannot be recycled. However, recycling isn’t the answer and given that we only recycle around 30% of plastic packaging in the UK it really is best to try and avoid it in the first place.
So, now that we know we should try and have a plastic free Easter here are some ideas on how we can achieve it.
Love these ideas and I think it’s important too. I try to opt for small individual things rather than the traditional egg in a box and plastic. I love your gift buckets. They look really cute.
Books are always a lovely idea for a gift. We got Erin some really nice Easter themed books last year.
So much plastic everywhere, you are right, we should be looking towards buying gifts that don’t have loads of packaging. I like mini eggs personally and I think I little gift bucket is a great idea.
What lovely ideas. My son is dairy free so we have a plastic and chocolate free Easter! We do sweet treats and gift bags, usually with a little book or activity pack in. I love your plant idea though, might steal that one!
I think if we can then we should, we not doing anything special for Easter but loving some ideas in this guide.
I love this. I think cutting down on plastic where possible is so important. There is so much plastic waste at this time of. year!
I’ve seen those eco eggs around and have been curious about them! But yes recycling plants say that their waste can increase by 5 or 10% at Easter and they get a lot of non recyclable mixed materials in. Very good idea, shame I don’t like easter eggs
The Quirky Queer
It really winds me up how much packaging the eggs come in. This year we are going for homemade treats to try and be more sustainable.
I love this!! Anything that helps reduce waste is a good thing. The less plastic the better I say! xx