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Evil Organic Milk Containers
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Jesse Matlock
Joined: Jul 26, 2011
Posts: 13
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Why oh why does organic milk come in waxed cardboard, non-recyclable containers? What can we do with these containers? We absolutely love the taste and health of organic milk, but feel really bad about chunking the cartons.
Thank you for any ideas/input,
Jesse
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Jordan Lowery
volunteer
Joined: Sep 26, 2009
Posts: 1434
Location: zone 7
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i know more than a few people who cut the tops off and use them as pots. they last a few years before there not usable anymore.
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The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. - Masanobu Fukuoka
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Amy Leonard
Joined: Dec 03, 2011
Posts: 13
Location: Louts, CA (USDA zone 7)
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We have a local producer that uses the glass milk jars so I have to pay a deposit on the first, then get the credit on the next when I return an empty to the retailer. Have you let your producer know your consumer preference about the packaging of their product? Do they even know they have consumers that would prefer a reusable vessel?
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Ivan Weiss
Joined: Dec 19, 2009
Posts: 141
Location: Vashon WA, near Seattle and Tacoma
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Waxed cardboard is the best fire starter known to wood stove users. It reduces or eliminates the need for kindling.
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Pastured poultry, pork, and beef on Vashon Island, WA.
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Alice Kaspar
Joined: Jan 19, 2011
Posts: 69
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We used to use them for candle molds.
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John Polk
steward
Joined: Feb 20, 2011
Posts: 4062
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My old Scandanavian fishing partners would filet fish and put them in the cartons, then fill with water and set them in the freezer.
Never got freezer burn, since oxygen was eliminated from the start.
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