Easter egg wrappers can be recycled but only if you do this one thing first
Easter, more than any other holiday, tends to generate a whole lot more aluminium foil waste thanks to all those little – and big – chocolate egg and bunny wrappers.
With that comes plenty of confusion over whether to toss the wrapper in the bin or the recycling, and it turns out they can be recycled but only if you do one thing.
Sustainability expert Lottie Dalziel explained in a TikTok video that Easter egg wrappers need to be scrunched up together to make a ball shape.
Watch the video above.
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Keep your foil wrappers until you can make enough to form a ball. TikTok/@lottiedalziel
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That might be easy for some of us to do, especially if there are multiple people in a household, but could be tricky if you're only consuming a small amount of eggs.
"If you're not gonna be able to eat enough chocolate to make a ball purely with Easter egg wrappers then add in your aluminium foil from casseroles or hummus or from your yoghurt or what have you and just keep on building," she said.
"Ideally you'd like it to be the size of a tennis ball, but bigger is better so just keep on growing it this Easter."
The reason the foil needs to be the size of a tennis ball is to make the aluminium foil identifiable to the recycling machinery, but always check with your local council for specific recycling guidelines for your region.
Another option for recycling Easter Egg wrappers if you don't have enough to make a ball, whether from chocolate eggs or not, is to pop the foil bits into an aluminium can and then put that in the recycling bin, according to the Good Living website.
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Easter waste like cardboard boxes can be recycled, as can most plastic cartons but check those with your local council guidelines first.
Soft plastic bags used for hot cross buns can't be placed in your recycling bin, so will have to go in your main rubbish bin, except for those 12 stores in Melbourne where soft plastic recycling has returned as part of a trial.
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