{"id":5375,"date":"2018-12-12T10:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/christmas-chocolate-boxes-up-to-half-of-weight-is-packaging\/"},"modified":"2018-12-12T10:17:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:17:27","slug":"christmas-chocolate-boxes-up-to-half-of-weight-is-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/christmas-chocolate-boxes-up-to-half-of-weight-is-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas chocolate boxes: Up to half of weight is packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The packaging on your Christmas chocolates could make up almost half their total weight.<\/p>\n

Ferrero Rocher was found to be the worst for excess wrapping in a study from the consumer group Which?<\/p>\n

Ferrero defended its use of packaging, saying it’s needed to protect its chocolates.<\/p>\n

Coming in second and third in the report were chocolates from Thorntons and Cadbury, but both used mostly recyclable material.<\/p>\n

The survey also suggests many shoppers are confused by the recycling symbols which appear on the packaging.<\/p>\n

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Which? discovered that as much as 42% of the total weight of the Ferrero Rocher collection tray was wrapping, with only 11% of that found to be recyclable.<\/p>\n

The packaging of Thorntons’ Continental Selection made up 29.4% of its weight, followed by Cadbury Milk Tray on 22.6%.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale Lindt’s Lindor Mix just had 11.5% packaging. The only parts of that product that are non-recyclable are the individual wrappers.<\/p>\n

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The manufacturers of the Ferrero Rocher collection tray said the “local infrastructure” in the UK didn’t make it possible to recycle a lot of their packaging.<\/p>\n

They said it “is a delicately created product and the packaging is of fundamental importance to protect our chocolates from damage during transport, in the shops and at home.”<\/p>\n

Another concern highlighted by the report was that many shoppers were unsure what the recycling advice on chocolates actually meant.<\/p>\n

Just under half (48%) wrongly thought that a green dot that appears on the side of the box is a sign it can be recycled. It actually means the manufacturer pays into a recycling scheme.<\/p>\n

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A triangular loop with three arrows is a better one to look out for as it indicates that the product can be recycled, however it still does not guarantee that your local recycling centre can do it.<\/p>\n

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