since about 1875, easter has been linked with chocolate in the uk. it was the time when the first chocolate easter eggs were sold out in the shops.nowadays, it is the secondbiggest chocolateselling time of the year, with more than 80 million chocolate easter eggs sold out. however, while the companies, who produce the easter eggs and the kids who get them rub their hands, ecologists are not so happy. it is estimated that it will require about 4370 tonnes of cardboard to package those eggs. it will require about 160 tonnes of foil and millions of plastic trays.