Budget German supermarket Aldi has announced that it has scrapped plastic from its range of own-label Easter eggs.
It said it had redesigned the packaging of its own-label eggs to eliminate the need for them to be supported with inner plastic packaging. The eggs are among nine Easter lines that Aldi has made plastic-free this year – removing an estimated 24 tonnes of plastic from its stores - through moves such as plastic windows with cellulose film and switching plastic blister packs to card boxes.
The supermarket is separately adding 10 new 100 per cent plastic-free products to its seasonal confectionery range for 2022 – including the Popcorn Egg and Ice Cream Egg. Aldi’s entire Easter range is also now fully recyclable thanks to several other packaging changes this year, it said.
