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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9782 Location: Devon, uk
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 20 11:50 am Post subject: milk bottles - glass, plastic or starch? |
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I've been pondering what is the most environmentally friendly.
let's accept I am not going to get a house cow or goats, nor approach my local farmer for unpasteurised milk, nor am I ready to give up milk. (that is a whole different argument).
Locally I can buy plastic cartons of milk from the coop in my village - these are recycled. or I can buy glass bottles of milk from another village shop - and take the empties back. Or I can have glass bottles delivered to my door, or a local dairy is offering, delivered to my door, milk in pouches made from starch that they take back and compost.
Glass seems the obvious one, but glass has a large carbon footprint plus are extra heavy to drive about, plastic is evil, but milk cartons are readily recycled, The starch ones seem the business, but I am not entirely sure what I think about growing a crop for containers...nor can I find out how it is done and where etc. plus they are driving all over delivering it direct
notably all of the milk is from the westcountry.. ie here... the milk in bottles is twice the price of that in plastic and the stuff in starch is three times the price... otoh definitely a localish place.
so...which is best? thoughts anyone? |
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