Environment – Museum of Crisps

Beer and crisps used to cut carbon emissions

Here’s a story we missed at the end of last year: Walkers Crisps have unveiled technology that could reduce their CO2 emissions by 70%. The technology mixes CO2 captured from a brewery’s beer fermentation process with potato waste and turns it into fertiliser. Manufacturing fertiliser usually creates a lot of CO2 emissions, but Walkers’ newContinue reading “Beer and crisps used to cut carbon emissions”

Two Farmers’ compostable crisp bags

In 2019, Two Farmers became the first company to pack their crisps in compostable bags. The bags are made from cellulose & sustainably grown eucalyptus trees, and are 100% plastic-free. They are designed to compost down in 26 weeks. You can read more about it here. Update: Which? has just issued a report on worstContinue reading “Two Farmers’ compostable crisp bags”