Tesco Milk cartons leak when defrosting

CrazyChemist_2

Still though it isn't logical to open the milk then freeze it, is it? :rolleyes:

Tesco haven't replied to my email about the 'suitable container' nonsense yet. Maybe I'll phone their 0800 line from a payphone and ask for a follow up.

Wig

I doubt you will ever have a problem with leakage in the freezer, so changing the container is imo a waste of time.

But it is a sensible idea to defrost it within a jug or saucepan then there will be no problem.

Basil_Fawlty

CrazyChemist wrote:

Still though it isn't logical to open the milk then freeze it, is it? :rolleyes:

Tesco haven't replied to my email about the 'suitable container' nonsense yet. Maybe I'll phone their 0800 line from a payphone and ask for a follow up.

Why from a payphone?

CrazyChemist_2

spaceage wrote:

Why from a payphone?

Because calling an 0800 number from a BT payphone incurs a surcharge of 15p per minute on top of the normal peak rate per minute. If they won't answer my email I'll make them pay that way.

Wig

CrazyChemist wrote:

Because calling an 0800 number from a BT payphone incurs a surcharge of 15p per minute on top of the normal peak rate per minute. If they won't answer my email I'll make them pay that way.

Does it not also cost you 20p ?

Basil_Fawlty

Can we start a petition to ask tesco to start putting milk back into cardboard cartons? If you'd be interested please reply

Wig

I agree on environmental grounds (I think). If you want this just buy Yeovalley organic 1 litre comes in cardboard carton 79p. and if you want smaller bottles, decant into tesco 1 pints plastics which you keep and wash.

Basil_Fawlty

Wig wrote:

I agree on environmental grounds (I think). If you want this just buy Yeovalley organic 1 litre comes in cardboard carton 79p. and if you want smaller bottles, decant into tesco 1 pints plastics which you keep and wash.

Yeo Valley have started using plastic. That's why I've just gone back to using tesco and found the idiot comment about not freezing in that container, etc.

I emailed them and they claim it is better and easier to recycle plastic than cardboard? Apparently the UK only has 2% capacity for cardboards. Really? My parents fill up a bag of paper for recycling each week at home for collection by the council with our other waste.

It's probably done for costs. :mad: But they don't have the bottle to tell us that (no cheap pun intended )

Wig

There is a difficulty to recycle cardboard used for fruit juice because they have foil on them, there is one place which does it and you can get post paid recycling envelopes from tetrapak uk (I understand) this is just a sales gimmick by tetra pak if everyone did this tetra pak would have to withdraw it's kind offer!

I'm not sure if the milk cartons are just as difficult to recycle because they have no foil.

My Tesco has Yeo valley still in cartons. Maybe it is true that it easier to recycle plastic than cartons (even milk ones). I think we should have packaging taxes in UK to address issues like this, if tetra paks are that difficult to recycle they should have a 50p tax on them.

Basil_Fawlty

Wig wrote:

There is a difficulty to recycle cardboard used for fruit juice because they have foil on them, there is one place which does it and you can get post paid recycling envelopes from tetrapak uk (I understand) this is just a sales gimmick by tetra pak if everyone did this tetra pak would have to withdraw it's kind offer!

I'm not sure if the milk cartons are just as difficult to recycle because they have no foil.

My Tesco has Yeo valley still in cartons. Maybe it is true that it easier to recycle plastic than cartons (even milk ones). I think we should have packaging taxes in UK to address issues like this, if tetra paks are that difficult to recycle they should have a 50p tax on them.

That's an excellent idea, but it would probably be renamed "Another Stealth Tax" by the media :mad: