Organic Milk in Cartons or Non-organic in glass bottles??

shirlgirl2004

Dustykitten wrote:

I think you will find that most milkmen deliver only 3 days per week. Mine is Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Environmentally this must be better and it isn't a real problem for us even getting our 9 pints on Friday. You don't say which milk you are getting - is it organic? Mine is organic semi and I asked before ordering if it was in glass and it is - I'm in Hertfordshrie if that helps.

Yes it's organic semi too. I ordered mine online but it said it was in glass bottles. I'm not paying twice the price of the shops when it still comes in plastic bottles.

Dustykitten

No I agree with you the big thing for me was the glass bottles. I phoned the local depot to place my order (rang the 0800 number on the website and they passed me over). Maybe you could try speaking to the local depot and asking them, mine were very helpful.

Liney_2

Dustykitten wrote:

I think you will find that most milkmen deliver only 3 days per week. Mine is Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Environmentally this must be better and it isn't a real problem for us even getting our 9 pints on Friday. You don't say which milk you are getting - is it organic? Mine is organic semi and I asked before ordering if it was in glass and it is - I'm in Hertfordshrie if that helps.

actually mine is delivered every other day more or less, monday, weds, fri & saturday so thats probably right.

Liney_2

How do the dairies know when the bottle has been used 10 times before they recycle it?

Dustykitten

Liney wrote:

How do the dairies know when the bottle has been used 10 times before they recycle it?

I believe that is an average figure before a bottle is not returned, broken or chipped. I expect it is simply calculated on how many new bottes the diaries have to introduce to their supply and would expect some have an unfortunate event early in their life and others carry on for much longer. Why don't you email one of the dairies and ask them?

Liney_2

Dustykitten wrote:

I believe that is an average figure before a bottle is not returned, broken or chipped. I expect it is simply calculated on how many new bottes the diaries have to introduce to their supply and would expect some have an unfortunate event early in their life and others carry on for much longer. Why don't you email one of the dairies and ask them?

good idea i will. thanks, what you say makes sense though.

Ken68

I would have thought that glass is 'yesterdays material'.
Dangerous. Imagine dropping a milk bottle near fruit, how would you know that it is free from glass slivers.
Huge industry tho.so bound to have a protective PR machine.

Dustykitten

Ken68 wrote:

I would have thought that glass is 'yesterdays material'.
Dangerous. Imagine dropping a milk bottle near fruit, how would you know that it is free from glass slivers.
Huge industry tho.so bound to have a protective PR machine.

I doubt this would be an issue on many occassions unless you keep your fruit on the floor and are a bit of a butterfingers. Even my 5 year old manages to pour the milk on his breakfast without dropping the bottle, surprisingly I have told him that it is glass and if he drops it it will break. It is actually easier to handle than the heavy full 4 or 6 pint plastic containers.

ailuro2

The milkman collects the milk bottles which are then taken back to the depot and washed and re-used.

People like smoothie makers don't have that kind of chain for recycling which means their glass would go to the bottle bank and would therefore need to use energy to remake it into another bottle.Just like plastic ones are at the moment.

wouldn't it be lovely if we could have standard half and one litre bottles that could be washed and re-used then all the manufacturers needed to do was put on their own labels?