Bottle versus carton

Abstract

Does the good old fashioned milk bottle have a serious rival in the disposable, one way carton? Dilys Wells examines the points in favour and some of the drawbacks of each type of milk container Throughout England and Wales 92 homes out of every 100 have milk delivered to their doorsteps. In all over three million pints of milk are set down on fifteen million doorsteps by over forty thousand milkmen daily. Countries including Holland, Belgium, Denmark, America and Canada also used to have a doorstep delivery of milk but this was stopped when home delivery became unprofitable. Milk consumption decreased in every one of these countries when deliveries stopped

Citation

Wells, D. (1982), "Bottle versus carton", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 82 No. 1, pp. 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058875