After old crisp packets wash up on a beach, the BBC asks what is being done to improve packaging?
. By 2030, the consumer data firm expects that number to rise more than 30% to 11.1bn a year.
The company has tried a number of different packaging types in recent years, including a single ply wrapper which was found to reduce the shelf life too much to be economically viable.Ms Jones said while many crisp packets are recyclable they are not recycled, partly because consumers have to take their flexible plastics to special facilities rather than have them collected at the kerbside
In the 1950s and 1960s, crisp packets were made from single-layer of plastic, often with a transparent section so the buyer could see the crisps inside However, the organisation said consumers needed to do their bit too by taking their crisp packets and similar wrappers to recycling facilities at supermarkets across the UK.
In the meantime, the company said it was finding ways to cut the amount of plastics used in its packaging and encouraging customers to recycle packets.It was four years before Sean Mason, right, and Mark Green could get their crisps on the market
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