recycle my milk bottle......

Ben84

tell01 wrote: »

i agree with the recycling of plastic milk bottles and empty tins but what i would like to know is the cost of rinsing these and empty tins before putting in recycle bin does it actually save anything when water is getting scarcer and costlier

You could use the old washing up water left from cleaning plates before you throw it away.

zeupater

davenport151 wrote: »

How come the price of milk from the milkman is seen as expensive when its at your door every morning, rain or shine (or snow). You dont have to struggle back from the supermarket with it. No leaky cartons. You save by not just popping to the shops for a pinta. The empties are taken away. The milk is much better quality than the supermarket ( I think so anyway).
People seem to prefer to go to the butchers & pay a little more for the quality of meat. This is exactly the same thing.

Oh yes its also delivered in a little electric milkfloat & comes from a village less than four miles away.

Hi davenport151

I agree .... you've also missed one of the main points, that being the freshness of the milk - I can't remember throwing away any milk for years whilst I know of others who regularly tip half of a week old 4pint plastic bottle down the drain ....

HTH
Z

EricMears

zeupater wrote: »

Hi davenport151

I agree .... you've also missed one of the main points, that being the freshness of the milk - I can't remember throwing away any milk for years whilst I know of others who regularly tip half of a week old 4pint plastic bottle down the drain ....

HTH
Z

Afraid I have to take the opposite viewpoint. When I was having doorstep deliveries, it was often left on the step all day (my milkman wasn't one of the usual eary risers) and in mid summer would likely as not be sour when I got home from work. Or of course pecked by tits. Nowadays, a couple of 4pt containers last us a week or more and I can't remember the last one that went sour.

zeupater

EricMears wrote: »

Afraid I have to take the opposite viewpoint. When I was having doorstep deliveries, it was often left on the step all day (my milkman wasn't one of the usual eary risers) and in mid summer would likely as not be sour when I got home from work. Or of course pecked by tits. Nowadays, a couple of 4pt containers last us a week or more and I can't remember the last one that went sour.

Hi Eric

We're pretty lucky in that the milkman usually delivers well before 5:30am .... if the delivery was late morning I'm afraid that we'd be buying from the shops too.

Regarding the 'pecked by tits' ... thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that it's only happened once or twice since we've been in this house and that must be at least 15 years ago. When I was much younger it was a regular occurance and I remember there being a rush to retrieve the bottles from the doorstep before the birds had their share of the cream - I guess that so few people have doorstep deliveries that milk is no longer recognised as a foodsource ... either that or they hate skimmed milk as much as I do

Z

tvbox

There are a couple of bottle-related ones in here

Have a scroll through...


shialabeowulf.tumblr.com/post/33670447154/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier

Hope it helps. (and hope the link works, too:mad:)
You need to add http before the link, or something.

I can't seem to attach images, either :mad:. You would have to Google "99 ways to make your life easier". There's some really nifty milk bottle ones in there.

outtawork

I buy longlife skimmed milk, so can store milk for quite a long time & its only waxed cardboard I have to throw away.

consultant31

outtawork wrote: »

I buy longlife skimmed milk, so can store milk for quite a long time & its only waxed cardboard I have to throw away.

Our local Co-op has a recycling skip for waxed cartons so even that wouldn't be wasted

I have to agree with an earlier poster; when you compare £1 for 4 pints from the supermarket to £2.64 for the same amount from the milkman....well, there really is no comparison! We go through at least 5 x 4 pints a week so the saving is huge (almost £10 a week) :eek:

xtinataguba

cut it in half and place an indoor plant in it. or some you can paint it and display it in your kids room.