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Biodegradable Milk Jugs
Neat idea! It would be nice to be able to buy lots of stuff, from milk to soap to shampoo, in packaging like this.
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May 31st, 2007 - 12:46
This is how we do milk in Canada:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~husky66/Milk/steps/
I don’t know if these bags are made of plastic that decomposes or not, but they should be. Otherwise, milk comes in cardboard cartons. There are plastic jugs, but they’re not really common anymore.
May 31st, 2007 - 12:50
Oh, and almost all plastic containers here now are recyclable, and we recycle almost all our packaging. The 3 of us make just under a full bag of garbage a week along with our 2 full blue bins.
May 31st, 2007 - 12:51
I don’t think I’d do well with a milk bag. Also, insert “milk bag” joke here: _______________
We get our milk in the cardboard cartons, but if you buy by the gallon, you get the big jugs. Again, insert “big jugs” joke here: _______________
Our stuff is all recyclable, but I always wonder what really happens with that. After watching the past few episodes of The Sopranos, I can’t help but wonder if all my recyclables are just ending up on a garbage barge and being dumped into the side of a glacier somewhere. I would like knowing that I could decompose it in my backyard if I chose to, you know?
May 31st, 2007 - 13:13
Yeah, I think decomposing plastics are the way to go. But your statement, “I don’t think I’d do well with a milk bag.” is one of the reasons why programs fail. People want change, but not if it means they have to do anything differently. Oh yes, I went there.
May 31st, 2007 - 13:28
I don’t remember the milk bag at your house. I guess my fear is of dropping it and it squirting all over the place. OHMYGODSODIRTY.
What makes the plastic bag better than a plastic jug? Less packaging/less waste?
People want change, but not if it means they have to do anything differently. I certainly can’t disagree with that. :)
May 31st, 2007 - 13:35
Maggie, am I correct in remembering that the plastic bag gets put into some of kind of hard plastic pitcher that’s specially made to hold it? Or did I see that somewhere else?
May 31st, 2007 - 13:40
The link Maggie posted has the pitcher thing. But it’s just a regular pitcher; do you mean you could buy a special pitcher to hold it?
May 31st, 2007 - 13:42
GB, you are right – there is a hard plastic holder that helps one pour the milk out of the bag, acting like a jug would but you’d use the same holder again and again over the course of years. In fact, I am fairly certain my parents still use the ugly green one we’ve had for as long as I remember.
May 31st, 2007 - 13:48
I didn’t click on the link until now, and yup, that’s the kind that is used except that one looks to be made out of ceremic, which is far prettier than the ugly green plastic one my parents have!
May 31st, 2007 - 13:58
My parents had a puke green plastic one for years. I hated it so one day I threw it out and pretended I didn’t know what happened to it. They bought a new one. YAY!
We have a white one. Which is also recyclable. And yes, it’s a special pitcher shaped specifically to hold a milk bag.
I don’t know why a bag is better than a jug. I find it keeps the milk fresher, because you’re only opening a litre at a time. I think the point of the bags was to decrease landfill because they’ve been around for much longer than we’ve all been recycling, although some shops that sold milk in jugs also collected deposit so you would return them for recycling, even when I was a kid.
I think the best would be to have the milk in the bags that decompose, and then use the plastic pitcher.
I’m sure if we ask, the government will be happy to do a million-dollar study on which is better.
I know that stuff here actually gets recycled and ends up in the right places, not like what happens on the Sopranos. Recycling is a big deal here. Do you remember me telling you about the green bins they have in Toronto? All compostable waste is separated from landfill waste in the home, and the city picks it up and makes compost out of it. It’s great for people who don’t compost themselves. And there’s a limit on how much landfill garbage you can put out per household. They’re bringing the green bin program to our area this fall.
May 31st, 2007 - 14:02
Sorry, I’m totally hijacking your blog.
http://www.toronto.ca/greenbin/background.htm
May 31st, 2007 - 14:12
Who knew recycling was so rife with double-entendre?
You all are shaming me into getting focused about this. I don’t have any use for cans, and I’m totally on board with getting milk from a sack.
May 31st, 2007 - 14:16
I love the green bin program. I’m jealous.
Hey, wait a minute. Toronto trucks its garbage to the States? UNFAIR! ;)
May 31st, 2007 - 14:33
I wasn’t breast fed, so I’d take milk from a bag in a second.
May 31st, 2007 - 14:55
I know, isn’t it awful? But not for long. They just bought some landfill space south of the city.
May 31st, 2007 - 15:09
Yay, milk bags!
I’ve lived in the states for so long, i thought they had perhaps gone away in canada. Those were a big part of my childhood. My mom used to stock up and freeze them, so you could have half frozen, cold, ice filled milk. Wooo! but recyclable with the ability to stock up? that’s good consumerism.
we had a horrible yellowy colored one (a very dark yellow-resembling plastic thing, not as happy as yellow, but closer to that than any other natural color.)
May 31st, 2007 - 15:22
We’ve been getting out milk and OJ in bags since I was a kid: http://www.kwiktrip.com/m_eats.....stouch.asp
May 31st, 2007 - 15:23
Another thing Ontario is doing is phasing out incandescent light bulbs – yay!!!
http://www.thestar.com/article/204500
Carry on.
May 31st, 2007 - 15:32
Ohhhh, Canadaaaaaaa…
May 31st, 2007 - 16:48
That’s it. I’m totally moving to Vancouver.
May 31st, 2007 - 16:48
Eh.
May 31st, 2007 - 22:15
Jane, I’ve never seen that product line before.
Also, Chips, I don’t know why, but at this second, half frozen, ice filled milk sounds amazing.
And what a great step on phasing out incandescent light bulbs. Canada RULZ!