Quality Street axes plastic wrappers for recyclable paper

Nestle says change after 86 years will keep 2bn wrappers a year out of landfill

Quality Street's multicoloured confectionery will now all be a bit more green - or that is the hope - as the foil and plastic wrappers are swapped for recyclable paper.

The change marks the first switch away from rustling, shiny plastic wrappers for the brand in 86 years since Harold Mackintosh launched the brand in 1936 - with the intention of keeping 2bn wrappers a year out of landfill.