Smarties packaging is to become plastic free after pioneering research in York SMARTIES are to become the first global confectionery brand to switch to recyclable paper packaging, following pioneering work at Nestle s Product Technology Centre in York. The move by Nestlé will remove approximately 250 million plastic packs sold worldwide every year for the chocolates. The innovative new designs include sharing bags, multipacks and giant hexatubes made from coated paper, paper labels or carton board, all produced from sustainably sourced and recyclable material. Louise Barrett, head of the Nestlé Confectionery Product Technology Centre in Haxby Road, said developing safe and convenient paper-based solutions for Smarties had required the pioneering of new materials and testing by Nestlé packaging experts at the centre and at the Swiss-based Institute of Packaging Sciences.
Nestle has committed to replacing 250 million plastic Smarties packs with recyclable paper packaging.
Smarties will be the “first global confectionery brand” to make such a switch for all its products worldwide, according to the firm.
Around a quarter of a billion plastic packets are sold annually, making up 90% of the entire Smarties range.
The new designs, which will be in the UK and Ireland by April, include sharing bags, multipacks and giant hexatubes made from coated paper, paper labels or carton board, produced from “sustainably sourced and recyclable material”.
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Nestlé Smarties to switch to paper packaging Confectionery brand Smarties will soon switch to recycled paper packaging for all its products worldwide.
A world first according to Nestlé, the move represented a transition of 90% of the Smarties range to the new sustainably sourced packaging – 10% of products were already packed in recyclable paper packaging.
Rollout of the new packs is expected to be complete in the UK and Ireland by April and will include sharing bags, multipacks and ‘hexatubes’. The paper packaging would replace 250m plastic packs sold worldwide each year, Nestlé claimed.
Alexander von Maillot, global head of confectionery at Nestlé, said: “
27th January 2021
Nestlé has revealed that its Smarties brand is now using recyclable paper packaging for its products worldwide.
This represents a transition of 90% of the Smarties range, as 10% was previously already packed in recyclable paper packaging. The company highlighted that Smarties is the first global confectionery brand to switch to recyclable paper packaging, removing approximately 250 million plastic packs sold globally every year.
Nestlé began introducing Smarties sharing block packed in recyclable paper in the UK last year.
Alexander von Maillot, Global Head of Confectionery at Nestlé, said: “Shifting Smarties packaging to recyclable paper is one of our key sustainable packaging initiatives in the confectionery category. It is a further step in realizing Nestlé’s ambition to make all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025 and to reduce its use of virgin plastics by one third in the same period.”