Mars bars trialling paper wrappers in effort to chop plastic waste

Mars bars are getting a brand new look as they trial a extra environmentally-friendly paper wrapper as a substitute of a plastic one.

The maker of the chocolate mentioned the brand new wrapper, out there in Tesco shops, was a part of its exploration of a extra “sustainable future”.

Mars mentioned it aimed to make all its packaging “recyclable, reusable or compostable”.

Richard Sutherland-Moore, packaging skilled at Mars Wrigley UK, mentioned the agency was exploring completely different wrapping concepts for all its confectionery.

For the Mars bar, he mentioned the problem was offering ample safety “whilst guaranteeing the food safety, quality and integrity of the product to prevent food waste”.

The firm mentioned it was investing tons of of hundreds of thousands of kilos into its objective of decreasing plastic use by a 3rd.

Adam Grant, basic supervisor at Mars Wrigley UK, mentioned the trial of the Mars wrapper was “a big step to see how paper-based packaging works in everyday life”.

“From the test, we will derive insights for our sustainable packaging strategy,” he mentioned.

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Mars lately achieved carbon neutrality for the primary time, which it mentioned it got here by way of carbon credit and emission reductions.

Tesco mentioned it was “delighted” to companion with Mars on the brand new wrapper.

The grocery store’s packaging improvement supervisor, Andrew Flood, mentioned the trial aligned with its personal technique of “removing plastic and packaging in our business where we can, reducing it where we can’t, reusing more and recycling what’s left”.