The UK is seeing an increase in the number of customers seeking to have milk delivered to their homes in glass bottles, rather than plastic ones. Major dairy firm Devon, which purchased London’s Hanworth Dairy in 2016, has seen its milk&more initiative, which deploys 1,200 milkmen and women, acquire 2,000 new customers within the past two weeks, 90% of whom requested glass bottles. Such bottles can be reused up to 25 times, before being recycled. However, their environmental benefits are undermined by the fact that they require sterilisation at high temperatures and use more fuel for transportation.
The UK is seeing an increase in the number of customers seeking to have milk delivered to their homes in glass bottles, rather than plastic ones. Major dairy firm Müller, which purchased London’s Hanworth Dairy in 2016, has seen its milk&more initiative, which deploys 1,200 milkmen and women, acquire 2,000 new customers within the past two weeks, 90% of whom requested glass bottles. Such bottles can be reused up to 25 times, before being recycled. However, their environmental benefits are undermined by the fact that they require sterilisation at high temperatures and use more fuel for transportation.