Waste and Recycling

I can't be the only one who has noticed that Easter Eggs still have huge amounts of packaging when most of it is not necessary.  I just glaced at the shelves in Sainsburys and realised that everything that was learned last year (when major companies said they would or had reduced their packaging waste) has gone out of the window and in some cases there looks to be more packaging on those precious bits of chocolate than there ever was before.  I shouldn't name names and don't need to - anyone can see which are the worst offenders that smother the product in layers of plastic, cardboard and tin foil.  There are other ways of advertising things, and reduced packaging reduces costs too.  I can't understand why the confectionary industry has back-tracked on this matter.  I suppose I'm lucky that I don't have to buy chocolate eggs for children because I don't have any children.  But you don't have to buy them either.  Compromise with a toy as well as a reasonably sized bar of chocolate and possibly save money on some of the larger eggs.  If your child has any intellegence, they'll soon realise that they're getting a better deal.  Or let them have the money to choose their own egg, based on what they actually want - cardboard or chocolate.  If the eggs are aimed at the children, then perhaps the kids have to become savvy to what the advertisers are selling them.