16-06-2021, 06:56 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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I thought that was why they delivered early in the mornings?Our milkman was always finished around twelve and the floats
were insulated ?? But suppose different areas have different
problems ? But it's worth doing something to reduce this plastic
usage ??
Donkeyman! 👍🤗👍
One of my earliest traumatic memories is of breaking a milk bottle full of milk on the hall floor. I think I was three and thought I was being "helpful". I burst into floods of tears of course. Spilled milk and broken glass, what a devastating combination....
16-06-2021, 07:21 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Morrisons supermarkets are planning to reintroduce glass milkbottles to their shelves to cut down on the use of plastics !!
They also cite a lifespan of up to ten years for these bottles which
can only be good !
The downsides are likely to be the collection and washing of the
empties in this throwaway age ??
Hopefully it could mean the return of the milkman too ?
Donkeyman! 🤗🤗🤗
The 'round' is owned/run by the milkman and his son. By day they are both landscape gardeners. In the evenings they go to the dairy - where the milk is kept in cold storage - load up - and deliver at night. Usually between 20:00 and 21:00. I also buy fresh orange juice and free range eggs from them.
Yes - the milk is more expensive - but it is worth it in my opinion - and, presumably, it covers the cost of delivery, collection, and re-sterilizing the bottles.
16-06-2021, 07:27 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles
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I wash out plastic milk jugs for recycling too, but would rather have glass bottles. You can do a lot with that once its cleaned up. Don't know about milkmen though....its a quaint idea from days gone by, but people were nicer back then. Nowadays his little float would get ransacked 
16-06-2021, 07:28 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
We have a milkman although he doesn't deliver in glass bottles. I wish they would bring back the Ben Shaws and Corona pop bottles and I could take them back and get 10p for returning one, I used to love it when Mum bought pop from the fish shop as I knew the money back would be mine lol16-06-2021, 07:31 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by poohdog
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Can you imagine nowadays leaving the milk money under an empty bottle like we used to? It wouldn't be there five minutes.
16-06-2021, 07:45 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by poohdog
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Can you imagine nowadays leaving the milk money under an empty bottle like we used to? It wouldn't be there five minutes.
16-06-2021, 07:48 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by poohdog
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Can you imagine nowadays leaving the milk money under an empty bottle like we used to? It wouldn't be there five minutes.
16-06-2021, 07:49 PM
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Re: Return of milk bottles !!
Originally Posted by Lion Queen
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We have a milkman although he doesn't deliver in glass bottles. I wish they would bring back the Ben Shaws and Corona pop bottles and I could take them back and get 10p for returning one, I used to love it when Mum bought pop from the fish shop as I knew the money back would be mine lol
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