Environmental stories tagged with: milk bottle

Cardboard Milk Bottle

Eco-friendly milk carton launched

Monday, 11th August 2008, 2:51 pm
Milk bottles at ASDA get a green makeover with the launch of an innovative recycled cardboard version: the first milk bottle in the UK to be 91 percent recycled (from waste office paper) and 99 percent recyclable. The two litre milk bottle, created by GreenBottle, has a carbon footprint that is 48 percent lower than plastic. 
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Recycling Recycled Milk Bottles

Wednesday, 22nd August 2007, 12:33 pm
The first ever UK-wide recycled content HDPE (High-density polyethylene, a petroleum based product) bottle will be available from next year, following a landmark agreement between Nampak Plastics Europe and Closed Loop London.
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Making Milk Bottles from Recycled Plastic

Thursday, 10th May 2007, 12:48 pm
The findings from a large scale trial into the commercial viability of producing recycled plastic milk bottles from food-grade High-density polyethylene are being made freely available by WRAP.
 
 
 
 
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