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The company’s standard and More to Share pouches, including M&M’s, Galaxy Counters, Galaxy Minstrels, Revels, Maltesers Buttons, Skittles and Starburst, will be narrower from April next year to reduce the amount of plastic used by 10% per pack.
Nick Reade, sales director and interim general manager at Mars Wrigley UK, said: “As well as cutting back our plastic use, it means for some brands we can fit more packs into the boxes we ship, increasing our efficiency and taking the equivalent of 90 lorry loads of boxes off the road each year.
“Reducing our plastic use for some of our most popular items is our latest step in our ‘Sustainable in a Generation’ plan where we’re working towards a healthier planet and towards our goal of developing packaging that is 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable while decreasing virgin plastic use by 25% by 2025.”
