The Easter weekend generates tonnes of waste, literally.
More than 58 thousand tonnes of packaging waste will be recycled over the Easter weekend.
One recycling company says that's enough to fill the Aviva Stadium three times over.
The study was carried out by Repak of 1,000 people this Easter period.
Did you know? In the UK, more than 80 million Easter Eggs are sold every year, generating almost 5,000 tonnes of eggstra aluminium foil, plastic trays and card packaging for #recycling. pic.twitter.com/poaQZMFCfN
— Powys recycles (@PowysRecycles) April 16, 2019
According to the survey, half of us will buy six or more Easter Eggs this year.
That's up 18 per cent on figures from the same survey in 2021.
The study also found that over a third aren't sure of our recycling practices.
One third didn't know that you could recycle both hard and soft plastics in Ireland.
It comes as Cadburys Easter Eggs have reduced in size by almost 10 per cent in the last three years.
Consumers are getting around 25 grams less chocolate per box these days.
