Cardboard cartons lower milk's carbon footprint
The fight against global warming is being fought (literally) at our doorsteps, with new solutions to plastic milk bottles being thought up all the time, addressing our perculiar attachment to cow juice. First it was milk in a bag, and now a cardboard bottle has been designed to replace the sturdy plastic sort, resulting in an apparent 48 per cent 'lower carbon footprint'. The bottles, which are also easier to recycle than plastic ones, will initially be trialled at Asda in Lowestoft.
Of course, it could be argued that dairy farming is already such a big contributor to this country's C02 emissions that this is small improvement, but I don't see small steps forward as a bad thing (and until they develop a decent-tasting vegan cheese, will not be giving up milk for anything!)
[Via EcoFriend]
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