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April 2021

Manufacturers and supermarkets must do more to help consumers join refillable revolution

22 April 2021

Which? is urging manufacturers and supermarkets to do more to make refillable products widely available and clearly labelled to help shoppers save money and the environment. Refillable products are increasingly popular, but shoppers are struggling to find these environmentally friendly products on supermarket shelves and a lack of clear labelling means many consumers may be […]

Press Release: packaging, plastic, sustainability

September 2020

Packet racket – Two-thirds of branded grocery packaging not fully recyclable

24 September 2020

Crisps, chocolate and cheese are among the worst foods for packaging recyclability, with brands including Pringles, Cadbury and Babybel failing to do their bit for the environment, a new Which? investigation has revealed. The consumer champion analysed 89 of the UK’s best-selling branded groceries and found only a third (34%) had packaging that was fully […]

Press Release: cadbury, Capri-Sun, chocolate, crisps, Environment, fizzy drinks, packaging, plastic packaging, Pringles, recycling, recycling labelling, sustainability

July 2018

A Lidl less conservation – up to a third of supermarket packaging not widely recyclable

19 July 2018

Which? is calling on the Government to make clear and simple recycling labelling compulsory after it found up to 29 per cent of plastic packaging used by supermarkets is either non-recyclable or difficult to recycle. In a snapshot investigation, the consumer champion analysed the packaging on a shopping basket of 27 everyday own-brand items at […]

Press Release: Nikki Stopford, packaging, plastic, recycling, Supermarkets

March 2018

Easter eggs unwrapped: Which? reveals the chocolate eggs with the most packaging

20 March 2018

Packaging makes up a quarter on average of the total weight of best-selling Easter eggs, according to analysis by Which?. A new Which? investigation has compared the top 10 best-selling branded Easter eggs, weighing their packaging, so that consumers can be aware of which chocolate treat leaves you with the least cardboard and plastic to […]

Press Release: cardboard, chocolate, easter, Easter eggs, packaging, plastic, recycling, tinfoil, treat, waste

September 2016

Revealed: The seven packaging tricks designed to make us spend

20 September 2016

A new Which? investigation uncovers the most popular packaging secrets used by big brands to tempt consumers to buy their products. Studies suggest it takes less than a tenth of a second for shoppers to make a judgement about the appeal of a product, with packaging playing an important part in helping you to decide […]

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