Does anyone have a picture? I notice white flecks occasionally but it just crumbles when you touch it so it's only dried milk.Are you sure it is plastic and not the milk that has gone hard near the cap?
Curiously the flakes that come off the semi-translucent Avonmore cartons with the blue lids are also white! I read a report recently looking at microplastics in bottled water that found concentrations in glass bottles was higher than in plastic ones.Does anyone have a picture? I notice white flecks occasionally but it just crumbles when you touch it so it's only dried milk.
This is only an issue since the unremoveable caps came in.is OUR lifestyle which creates this situation. Don't blame "The Industry".
This is only an issue since the unremoveable caps came in.
There is nothing better about the unremoveable caps. Just causes milk to spill.Since Dunnes removed the silver plastic seal from the bottles it does not appear to be as much of a problem. The unremovable cap is a stronger screw version and is better.
Just causes milk to spill.
Note the carton ones are lined in the same polyethylene that the plastic ones are made from.I can taste the plastic in the milk itself out of the plastic bottles so I only buy the cardboard stuff.
Seriously! I can always taste a difference.
blind test required to verify your results. There may well be a difference, as the bottles are exposed to light and the tetrapaks aren't, but they're both using plastic to contain the liquid.Seriously! I can always taste a difference.
Personally I try to buy milk in tetrapaks as there's less plastic waste involved,
Marginally. E.g. about 3c/L difference for Tesco own brand 1L tetrapak versus 2L plastic And not everybody needs 2/3L of milk at a time.But generally are more expensive that the plastic bottle version.
well I can also taste the plastic from the plastic cartons, and I know lots of people that experience the same thing and consequently only buy tetra pak cartons not plastic. Obviously its only some people that experience this but there must be some thing to it. The tetra pak also have foil and yes a thin layer of plastic but its obviously different to full plastic cartons.Note the carton ones are lined in the same polyethylene that the plastic ones are made
They're lined with polyethylene, same material the plastic jugs are made from but some do note a taste difference.The tetra pak also have foil and yes a thin layer of plastic but its obviously different to full plastic cartons.
Yes but it's only a thin film and the UV action on the milk and plastic does not occur because light cannot get through the carton.They're lined with polyethylene, same material the plastic jugs are made from but some do note a taste difference.
Tettrapaks are made by folded and bonding sheets of a card with a layer polyethylene layer. The technology to produce those is pretty simple and has been around a lot longer than blow moulding.However tetrapak I remember was out before plastic milk containers i remember back in the 80s even though producing tetrapak containers is not as simple as producing plastic containers.
Same, and we're probably thinking off-topic in terms of taste imparted versus the original concern of 'plastic' pieces being released through opening the container lids.I'm just thinking out loud here by the way?