Businessman launches fully recyclable crisp packet

Tom Lock from East Grinstead has helped launched a fully recyclable crisp packet

A businessman from West Sussex has helped launched a fully recyclable paper crisp packet.

The British Snack Company's chief executive Tom Lock, from East Grinstead, says the paper crisp packet is the world’s first fully recyclable crisp packet.

He says the packaging uses an "innovative polymer" instead of conventional plastic,

Mr Lock said the packet was “something that consumers have been demanding for a long time”.

Consumers can dispose of the new crisp packet in a normal kerbside recycling

The packet, developed in partnership with Evopak, uses the polymer Hydropol, which was developed by Aquapk to be recycled, re-pulped and composted.

Hydropol is non-toxic and marine safe and will dissolve and biodegrade, Aquapak said .

Mr Lock said: “Brits consume more than 8bn packets of crisps each year, the majority of which are not recyclable and end up in landfill or incinerators – that’s a lot of waste and a huge environmental problem.

“We have created the first fully recyclable crisp packet – something that consumers have been demanding for a long time.”

Follow BBC Sussex on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to [e-mail] or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250.