Mars bars wrappers to be made of paper.

Oh dear. It's so long since I had one that the last one I had actually did have a paper wrapping! Plus ca change?

Excellent idea!

They should never have changed over to plastics in the first place. Let’s hope all other brands will follow suit.

Funny, we were just saying this morning how when we were little you had one aluminium dustbin for the whole week's waste. Now we have 5 bins! It's all down to packaging too!
We never had butter or margarine in tubs - they were blocks, wrapped in greaseproof paper, which folds very small. Milk, beer and fizzy drinks glass bottles were recycled (kids would do this to collect the money- we loved collecting the empties to get a few pence additional pocket money). you bought your fruit and veg loose at the greengrocer - no packaging at all! Clingfilm and shrink wrapping didn't exist and there was no such thing as internet shopping with all the bubble wrap and boxes that entails.
Mars manufacturers have made a start in going "back to have a future". I hope other manufacturers will follow suit. We have come a long way since I was a child and we are very lucky to have such convenience, but some of the old ways could still be adopted to reduce plastic waste.

so true Janipans,, good thread.... so much we used to do, passed over in the name of progress... and....

Great idea.

I didn't know they had changed to plastic, I hope the transition is easy and not costly - perhaps other products would follow?

Oh how I wish I could eat a Mars bar whatever it was wrapped in. I always loved them but since being diagnosed with celiac and a dairy intolerance I am unable to.

What are the wrapped in in the UK?

Here Mars bars are in paper, as they always have been,

DGS had a pack of smarties last week and they were in a disposable paper wrapper. First time I'd seen one since I was younger (a lot). Good idea.

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What are the wrapped in in the UK?

Here Mars bars are in paper, as they always have been,

Plastic wrappers.

Paper is a great idea , much easier to rip open . I hope they don’t shrink them further or there won’t be anything to recycle.

I think I am right in saying that most chocolate bars are recyclable at large supermarkets. I save cat food pouches, crisp and sweet packets along with the cellophane type vegetable bags. My local Co-op has a bin.

chocolate bar wrappers!

Won't return to the original size I bet even though back to using paper!

Mars candy company is piloting (testing) new paper packaging for candy bars in 500 Tesco stores in the UK.

We don’t have that trial here. UK - make it work so this goes global!
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I wonder how much shrinkage there is over the years. Wagon wheels seemed enormous , maybe scale as I was a child.

Call me a cynic but I think the wrapper change might be a very convenient way of disguising the fact that they will make a smaller bar?

Oh gosh, I'm craving a Mars Bar now. Haven't had one in ages!
They used to be my favourite, but now I usually have a Kit Kat, not that I buy a chocolate bar very often.

I normally have plain dark Lindt chocolate, but I think I need a change up!

When I was a child 1920s everything was in brown paper bags even eggs ( you could buy just one). If you bought a lot at the greengrocer you were given a paper carrier bag with the grocers name on it. Butter was taken from a large block and patted into shape. You chose biscuits loose from large tins and tea was taken loose from large chests.
Milkman came round with a churn on a barrow and you took a jug out to be filled with lovely creamy milk.

I don't remember milk in a jug except when I stayed with friends who had a dairy.
I do remember the churns though, sitting on top of enormous stone stands (like mounting-blocks).
Full after milking and empty once swapped over..

I would be happy to have Mars bars (or any confectionery) in a paper wrapper. I might stand a chance of opening the wrapping then. The plastic ones won’t open unless you tug them with Herculean strength.

I dont like Mars so I don't remember the old style wrapping. I remember Cadburys were silver paper then a sort of paper sleeve.

Bijou, I still have the jug my Mum collected the milk in. It's blue and white stoneware in a fancy shape and tipped with gold paint on the lip and handle. There is a big chip on the rim but its decorative (and sentimental) and I turn the damaged side to the wall!

Thinking about the switch from plastic to paper.

Paper is porous thereby affecting the quality of the chocolate over time… making it dry out, making it stale, shortening the shelf-life of the product. Also, (hang on to your hat…) infestation of little “vermin” in warehouse storage areas.

All this will be studied during the trial.