Sainsbury’s, a grocery store chain located in England, has announced plans to sell milk in recyclable bags.
Sainsbury’s will initially sell milk bags in 35 stores, expanding to 500 outlets within the next year.
A second major retailer has announced plans to start selling milk in bags in an effort to cut the millions of plastic cartons discarded every year. The move follows a successful trial of milk bags by Waitrose that has been running for a year.
Campaigners hope the scheme will help to abolish plastic milk bottles, thereby reducing landfill and saving the energy used in their manufacture.
Britons currently consume approximately 180 million pints of milk a week, of which at least two-thirds are sold in plastic bottles, which began to replace Tetra Pak cardboard containers in the nineties.
It has been estimated that only one in four plastic bottles is recycled.
“This is a revolution in milk packaging which potentially cuts waste by a massive 75%. Milk in a bag is an incredibly simple way for families to reduce their environmental impact.”
3 Comments on “England Selling Milk in Recyclable Bags”
They are doing a fantastic job. It’s actually quite good because I’ve heard that drinking milk from cans and plastic bottles are not good?! By the way, this is such an excellent idea.
They are doing a fantastic job. It’s actually quite good because I’ve heard that drinking milk from cans and plastic bottles are not good?! By the way, this is such an excellent idea.
They are doing a fantastic job. It’s actually quite good because I’ve heard that drinking milk from cans and plastic bottles are not good?! By the way, this is such an excellent idea.