Mars Bars, Snickers and Milky Ways to come in recyclable paper packaging
Popular chocolate bars Mars, Snickers and Milky Way will no longer be packaged in plastic, instead moving to recyclable paper as the Australian manufacturer works to become more sustainable.
Manufacturer Mars Wrigley Australia plans to cut more than 360 tonnes of plastic from its chain - enough to stretch from Melbourne to London and back - once it shifts to paper-based packaging in April.
The packaging will be able to be recycled in traditional kerbside recycling bins and will be marked with a large logo telling people to recycle it.
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Mars Bar, Snickers and Milk Way bars will come into paper packaging from April. Nine
Mars Bars are made in Australia. Nine
The current plastic packing used on the chocolate bars goes to landfill once it is thrown out.
The new packaging has been developed in trials at Mars Wrigley's manufacturing site in Ballarat in regional Victoria and required a re-engineering of machinery to accommodate the new material.
The Australian rollout is the first of Mars Wrigley's 50 markets to make the sustainable move.
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation chief executive Chris Foley has said the move sets "an excellent example to all businesses in Australia".
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