Source : Dairy Crest - Dairy UK

• Dairy Crest has developed a prototype handle-free plastic bottle, which could save the dairy industry 5,000 tonnes of packaging waste each year. The one- and two-pint bottles require 10% less plastic to make than standard bottles.
• Dairy Crest is already supplying Marks and Spencer with milk in HDPE bottles containing 10% recycled plastic.

Dairy Crest has developed a prototype handle-free plastic bottle, which could save the dairy industry 5,000 tonnes of packaging waste each year. The one- and two-pint bottles require 10% less plastic to make than standard bottles.

The project is being supported by the Waste and Resources Action Programme.

Richard Prior, Dairy Crest’s innovations controller, said, “We acknowledge that with nearly 6 billion litres of milk sold in the UK each year, our bottles are one of the most common items in domestic bins and we are making every effort, working with our partners, to innovate and reduce that impact.”

Dairy Crest is already supplying Marks and Spencer with milk in HDPE bottles containing 10% recycled plastic.