Royal Mail begs customers not to post CRISP PACKETS back to Walkers

Royal Mail begs customers not to post CRISP PACKETS back to Walkers after campaigners urge people to return the bags in protest against them being non-recyclable

  • Campaigners have urged people to send packets back to manufacturer Walkers 
  • Royal Mail obliged by law to deliver the bags to Walkers via its free-post address
  • But packets cannot go through mail machines and they must be sorted by hand
  • Walkers currently produces in the region of 11million new packets each day

Green campaigners have urged people to send the bags back to manufacturer Walkers as a form of protest

Royal Mail has been forced to step in and ask customers to stop posting empty crisp packets.

Green campaigners have urged people to send the bags back to manufacturer Walkers as a form of protest against the packets being non-recyclable.

Customers were also told to ‘flood Walkers’ social media with pictures of us popping them in the post’ along with the hashtag #PacketinWalkers.

Royal Mail is obliged by law to deliver the bags to Walkers, but as the packets cannot go through its machines they must be sorted by hand by workers.

More than 300,000 signed a petition by campaign group 38 Degrees calling on Walkers to improve on its target of creating recyclable packets by 2025.

The British manufacturer currently produces in the region of 11million new packets each day.

A spokesperson for the Royal Mail said: ‘We strongly encourage customers not to post anything into the postal system which is not properly packaged.

Customers were told to 'flood Walkers' social media with pictures of us popping them in the post' along with the hashtag #PacketinWalkers

Customers were told to ‘flood Walkers’ social media with pictures of us popping them in the post’ along with the hashtag #PacketinWalkers

‘Packets can’t go through the machines, they are not normal mail items therefore my hardworking colleagues need to manually sort them, which adds to time.’

Introducing the petition online, 38 Degrees said: ‘By posting our packets to them, we can bring the crisis right to Walkers door.

‘Imagine the scenes in Walkers HQ when hundreds of packets are delivered each day and it’s all over the news and people are talking about posting their packets on social media.’

Royal Mail is obliged by law to deliver the bags to Walkers, but as the packets cannot go through its machines they must be sorted by hand by workers

Royal Mail is obliged by law to deliver the bags to Walkers, but as the packets cannot go through its machines they must be sorted by hand by workers

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