Sunday, September 9, 2012

Milk From the Past

Try glass milk bottles! They seem old-fashioned, but they're actually pretty cool! Glass milk bottles don't get recycled, they just get reused. If you return the bottle to the store (supermarket, local farm/dairy), the dairy where they came from will sterilize the bottle with hot water (no chemicals), and then refill and resell them. No recycling, minimal waste, minimal energy, minimal process. Just simple, fast reuse! And for those of you who drink a lot of milk, that's significant! All glass milk bottles come with a bottle deposit, so if you've already been buying milk but putting them in your curbside bin, you've not only been wasting energy but money too!
It is also just fun to step into the past a little bit. Some companies still deliver!

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  1. We used to have milk delivered to our house in bottles three days a week:) I love your picture of Shaw Farms milk. We still go there!

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    1. This picture is from Chip-In Farm. I love their cabinet of glass milk bottles!

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