Crisp firm may make packets out of peelings

Recycled potato peelings could be used to create crisp packets within 18 months, the UK's largest crisp manufacturer said yesterday.

Richard Evans, president of PepsiCo UK and Ireland, which owns Walkers, said the company was looking at a number of ways of making more environmentally friendly packets for crisps.

The development of crisp bags made out of cellulose from wood pulp had created "crackly" bags that would potentially put off consumers but the company is looking at using old peelings for packaging.

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Mr Evans said: "In reality, if you think about starch - and you know how sticky starch is - if you could mass it together you could create a layer of starch and stabilise that.

"We could use the peelings we have, that today go to animal feed and other recycling uses, to be turned into a crisp packets."

Packets made out of peelings could be used for some smaller lines within 18 months.

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