Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging

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Household snack brands aren't doing enough to make packaging recycable, Which? claims
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Household snack brands aren't doing enough to make packaging recycable, Which? claims

Investigation by Which? finds swathes of major snack brands come in hard to recycle packaging with unclear labeling for consumers

Pringles crisps, Cadbury's chocolate and Babybel cheese are among the snack brands named and shamed for wasteful packaging in a new Which? investigation today, underscoring the need for the food industry...

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