Idk why but when I hear bagged milk I imagine it in a paper bag. Was curious how that worked... it makes sense now.
What on Earth... Ok, here's what you can find in Italy when buying soap: It's a bag, and instead of buying a new container, you can just buy this and use it to refill a container you already have. There's less plastic involved in the packaging and more soap in a single package, so you can save both money and plastic+gasoline (for transport), saving the environment as well. It makes sense. It makes even more sense for milk, as you likely consume much more milk than soap in a year. Cool. But we have a freaking cap on top of that damn floppy bag. How on Earth are you going to cut open that bag of milk without spilling milk every-freaking-where? I think this is dumb enough for a war declaration.
Bagged milk actually makes SO much sense. It's infinitly better for the environment, a lot easier to store, way cheaper, good quality, and highly available in a lot of places. Everyone I know drinks bagged milk. We put it in a milk container/pitcher and then we cut a little bit off the corner with scisors or a little razor tool thing, it works perfectly. Honestly, having used both I don't understand why anyone would ever use cartons...
Looking at the picture, it seems that putting the bag in an appropriately sized pitcher does the job, after all. I was trying to figure out how to cut open a floppy bag on a shelf/table
You can see in the left of the original posts picuture, is the pitcher you put it in, u can just see the handle
OMG THE BAG IN THE PITCHER IS SO FUNNY HAHAHA I guess I'm just too American to embrace the idea... (Also I live in Southern Cali and do the bagged soap thing because it's cheaper. Found it at the dollar store.) Also at mcdonalds, the ice cream mixture for the machine comes in a huge bag. I know this because one time it was so floppy that I spilled the big bag of milk ice cream mix.
Tbh though.. looking at the picture more, it makes a lot of sense. Especially if it's beneficial to the environment. Just culture shock af.
The only thing I'm not sure of, is air contamination, and milk is pretty perishable: with a bottle, you close the cap; with a carton, you fold the lip; how are you supposed to seal the bag? Do you use paperclips or something equivalent?
the milk is never in the fridge long enough to perish, It goes away depending on how often you use it though, I have yet to ever have milk perish in my house.
Plastic is a major problem for the environment, whereas cartons are easily recyclable. Cartons are also box shaped, which means they fit in many places, and aren't vulnerable to puncturing that plastic bags are. I don't know about the cheaper thing, but I can say carton milk here is quite cheap. The quality of milk is also quite good, and I truly doubt bagged milk to be better. Lastly, I'm Canadian and I've never seen bagged milk, so I don't think it's highly available in a lot of places. Nobody I know drinks bagged milk.
First of all, the plastic is biodegradable which means it's better for the environment. Secondly, I find it much easier to store bags because there's not any wasted space, and I've never heard anyone say their milk was punctured ever. You're right though, bagged milk is only cheaper sometimes but still most of the time. Also, I've realized that bagged milk seems to not be used in western Canada like BC. Over in southern Ontario at least and further east it's all the rage haha
