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This is how we get our milk now,in plastic bags that you put in a container. I just recently heard that a lot of people from the United States think that we Canadians are weird because we get our milk in bags. I don't know if they realize you put the bag in a plastic container,and cut the very tip of one corner off,and then pour. What's so weird about that?

#1: Ellen Vollor (evollor) on Apr 7, 2012 [SPOILER]

We can recycle our plastic and glass milk containers, are the plastic bags that you use recyclable?

That is interesting, Aldege, I did not know that. Any other differences?

Yes Ellen,we can recycle our plastic bag containers,and the plastic pouring container or pitcher if you want to call it that,can be recycled also if it ever gets to beat up to use anymore. We use to get milk in either glass bottles,or waxed cardboard containers,they started to use the plastic bags in the early 70's. Apparently,parts of Europe have been using plastic bags for a long time.:)

Thx Nancy,the plastic bags are safer(glass breaks),and more environmentally friendly(glass is not biodegradable)than glass. It is much easier to store in the fridge also,it takes up less space,and you don't have to worry about a child dropping the bottle and glass breaking and injuring the child. There are 3 bags in a larger bag that make up 4 litres of milk,each bag would be about the equivalent of a 1 quart container in the States,or the 3 bags would equal about 1 gallon. I'm not up on my metric conversion,so don't quote me on that.lol.:)

My son gets small bags of milk with his school lunches.

a bag of milk just sounds weird...but i understand pal

My mother use to tell me about the time they got milk in plastic bags. Often they ripped, so that the milk spilled all over the shop or kitchen.

I think different containers have both advantages and disadvantages. Cardbord keeps the light out, so that the milk stays fresh longer. It it also easy to store, like plastic bags. Plastic bottels take more room, and are worse for the environment, but they are stronger than bags, cardbord and glass. Glass is more reusable, but dangerous if broken.
Personaly I prefere cardbord, because that is what I grew up with.

We drink a lot of milk, so we get it in gallon-size plastic jugs, which we toss in the recycle bin when empty. I probably drink more milk than any other beverage!

I used to live in Canada, and I miss getting my milk in bags. :)

Hi G M,I don't ever remember a bag splitting open or ripping,like Syla refers to,do you?

Cool!

Very late comment. I moved to Canada 3 years ago and had no idea what to do with the milk bags. For a month, we cut open the bag with scissors and poured the milk into the pitcher until i finally poured a bag all over the floor. Then we went to YouTube to find out what Canadians really do with these strange bags. :)

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