milk in a bag!

cazrobinson

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23401736-details/The%20greener%20way%20to%20buy%20your%20milk%20-%20in%20a%20bag%20you%20can%20recycle/article.do

morg_monster

i would worry about the milk getting tainted by the fish frequently in my fridge in that open topped jug!

But a good idea. plastic milk bottles are the bane of my life although we only get through 2 pts in 5 days. I was considering buying 6pts at a time and freezing it but i just know i'd forget to get it out of the freezer and then breakfast would be ruined...

hartcjhart

they have been selling milk this way in Spain for many years

Moneybubbles

I saw this in the paper today too.

MM i freeze my milk as I can't make it too the shops as and when necessary, when I started getting it from the milk man it cost loads. With having to young kids I do remember to pull it out the freezer we go through 4 pints every 1 1/2- 2 days :eek:

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tigerlily

I used to buy goats milk about 5 years ago and it always came in bags like that....and it was direct from the farmer not via Mr T etc.

amandada

I remember this from when I was a youngster-probably about 30+years ago. The milkmen had to stop using them as the delivery boys used to chuck them onto doorsteps and they'd burst all over the place!

krazykidskate

I can't believe she is pouring the milk into the jug!

They use these in Canada and the bag just slips into the jug where you can just cut a small corner off the top. So the jug acts more of a support for the bag than a container that needs washing constantly.

sundin13

krazykidskate wrote: »

They use these in Canada and the bag just slips into the jug where you can just cut a small corner off the top. So the jug acts more of a support for the bag than a container that needs washing constantly.

When I first went to Canada I was a little confused by the lack of milk cartons in shops....someone had to explain the bag thing to me. But a big thumbs up from me. If bottles aren't an option - then bags certainly beat those plastic cartons I see so many of going in bins.

BTW - I never had any problem with smells tainting my milk - and you'd always know if your milk was sour because the bag would get hard with the pressure from the gases the milk was giving off (highly technical explanation that!!!).

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MissBehaving

South Africa has been selling milk in Bags for over 10 years. (if not longer). It is cheaper, easier to freeze and the bags are a lot easier to dispose of than the plastic milk bottles that we have.

As another poster has already stated - there are jugs that take the milk sachet perfectly. Easy to use, and easy to clean.

Milk 'bags' have always been in the same section as the milk... never near the fish!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I had a Waitrose near me, I would certainly buy my milk like that.

prettypennies

My gran in Hereford always used to get her milk delivered in packets. I have never seen it since

consumermonkey

Many a happy caravan or Butlins holiday was made a little more amusing by these bags in the 70's. Took us a LONG time to realise you were supposed to put the bag into the jug and not the milk alone.