Walkers takes bite out of plastics with £14m packaging overhaul

Michael Holder
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Credit: PepsiCo

Crisp brand to drive down virgin plastic use with clutch of packaging design innovations

Walkers is to invest £14m in packaging designs it claims will cut 250 tonnes of virgin plastic from its supply chain each year, the crisp brand announced last week. The PepsiCo-owned brand has unveiled...

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