An eggsellent id— No, sorry, I just can’t do it. Some puns are just off limits, even for me. Anyway, across the pond, two years ago Nestlé UK was the first British confectioner to make a concerted effort to replace its plastic Easter egg packaging with recycled cardboard, and this year, they are making an even more concerted effort to replace all the plastic in its “mug eggs.” Says Business Green:

The 48 tonnes of plastic used to secure the mug and egg has been replaced with recyclable cardboard certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and a compostable film for the windows resulting in a 30 per cent reduction in packaging in the mug eggs.

Helen Bingham, campaign manager for the delightfully-named organization Keep Britain Tidy, said:

“Nestlé’s achievement in becoming the first major confectioner to create 100 per cent recyclable Easter egg packaging is a great step forward for the confectionery industry and we hope that other manufacturers follow their lead.”

If the Easter Bunny is hippity-hopping down the Bunny Trail to your home this year (whether you have wee ones or not), maybe an even better idea is to skip the chocolate and instead color (or colour, if you prefer) real, hard-boiled eggs ideally bought from a local farm and local chicken. You can even color them green.