The Easter egg hack everyone needs this holiday weekend – and thousands never knew about it

A business has gone viral after sharing the news that you can recycle Easter egg aluminium foil wrappers, as Australians get ready to indulge in chocolate this weekend.

The City of Bunbury in Western Australia shared the message on Facebook, shocking more than 11,000 Aussies with the news.

‘Easter is just around the corner! Did you know the foil wrapping from the Easter eggs you eat this Easter can be recycled?’ the re-surfaced post read.

‘Chocolate Easter eggs are typically wrapped in coloured foil and come in cardboard or plastic holders – all of which can be recycled across Australia.’

The post added: ‘Aluminium foil is one of the most recyclable products, as it saves the most energy if we do recycle it. In Australia, it is usually made back into more aluminum.’

The City of Bunbury explained that your old leftover Easter egg foil could end up ‘being the aluminium in a can of soft drink or it could end up being in an aluminium baseball bat or toy’.

‘So once you’ve eaten your Easter eggs, and there’s no real chocolate left on it, scrunch them up into a big ball and pop the foil into your yellow recycling bin.’ 

Thousands who saw the post were quick to thank the City of Bunbury for sharing it, and thousands said they hadn’t realised it could be recycled (stock image)

Thousands who saw the post were quick to thank the City of Bunbury for sharing it, with many saying they hadn’t realised the wrappers were recyclable. 

‘Well there you go, I never knew this,’ one person wrote.

‘I feel like the more Easter eggs we eat the more we save the planet!’ another added.

But others said you need to eat ‘tonnes’ of Easter chocolate in order for the pieces of foil to not be too small.

‘Remember though, small pieces fall through the sorter in the recycling process. Wait until you have a lot of foil to recycle, roll it into a ball (must be at least as big as a tennis ball) and put it in your yellow-lidded bin,’ one person wrote.

Another added: ‘Because if you don’t make the ball big enough it will end up in landfill during the sorting process so eat LOTS of chocolate eggs until you have at least a cricket ball sized ball!’