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Hundreds of Brits are posting empty crisp packets to Walkers… and here’s the reason why
Royal Mail have even had to step in to ask people to stop sending the empty plastic bags without an envelope
PEOPLE have been posting empty crisp packets to Walkers, to the point where Royal Mail has had to tell people to stop.
Baffled postal workers keep finding the litter in letterboxes without envelopes addressed to Walkers' freepost address.
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It turns out that eco-warriors have been sending the bags back to the crisp makers as a protest against its use of non-recyclable packets.
A campaign on the petition website 38 Degrees called on Leicestershire-based Walkers to "ditch plastic packaging".
It reads: "We call upon Walkers and other manufacturers to change the materials for their packets to one which is recyclable or even more preferably a non-plastic environmentally friendly material."
The petition was later bolstered by a separate post on the site titled "#PacketInWalkers - Post your plastic packet back to Walkers".
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It called on the hundreds of thousands of campaign backers to join in a "cunning plan" to make the crisp giant pay attention to their environmentally friendly cause.
But Royal Mail are begging people to stop posting the packets without an envelope because they are causing delays.
A spokesperson told the : "We strongly encourage customers not to post anything in the postal system which is not properly packaged.
"Crisp packets can't go through the machines, they are not normal mail items therefore my hardworking colleagues need to manually sort them, which adds to time."
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But green activists have taken to social media using the campaign hashtag to tell Walkers to change its ways, even though it has previously committed to using compostable or biodegradable packaging by 2025.
The 38 Degrees Twitter account posted: "By the time @walkers_crisps goes plastic free in 2025 they'll have produced 28 billion more bags of crisps.
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"310,000 think this isn't good enough - so 38 Degrees members are posting their crisp packets back to Walkers. #PacketInWalkers".
Walkers have confirmed that they have received some of the returned packets and will use them for research.
A spokesperson said: "We recognise the efforts being made to bring the issue of packaging waste to our attention."
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