Bag Milk

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

When I was in school, we had milk in small cartons. I thought bag milk was some kind of weird Canadian thing.

[JamesRobot | 5,810]

I believe the term is...

Spoiler

udder

 

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

WTF? Bag milk is a thing? I've literally never heard of it until right now. Milk always came in a cardboard carton when I was a kid.

[Mega Tank | 967]

7 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said:

WTF? Bag milk is a thing? I've literally never heard of it until right now. Milk always came in a cardboard carton when I was a kid.

They serve bagged milk in some schools. There is also bagged juice in the same form, not Capri Sun or imitations.

[Hammerfestus | 3,871]

We started out with the cartons and switched to the bags in middle school maybe?  I’m not sure. It’s an obscure detail of my life to remember.  
 

Ever rinsed the milk pitcher out and used it for your Molson?

[Quest4Nes | 376]

wtf theres bag milk?

what low budget shit is that? oh my god

we had borden cartons

Edited December 30, 2020 by Quest4Nes

[Gloves | 11,807]

12 minutes ago, Quest4Nes said:

wtf theres bag milk?

what low budget shit is that? oh my god

we had borden cartons

Low budget? It's just more environmentally friendly.

[Quest4Nes | 376]

7 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Low budget? It's just more environmentally friendly.

has nothing to do with cost of the milk. I dont think so actually. bags are plastic.

 

i think its more along the lines of being cheap shipping bulk milk.

Edited December 30, 2020 by Quest4Nes

[Gloves | 11,807]

7 minutes ago, Quest4Nes said:

has nothing to do with cost of the milk. I dont think so actually. bags are plastic.

 

i think its more along the lines of being cheap shipping bulk milk.

It's cheaper, AND more environmentally friendly. How is this a bad thing?

[Dr. Morbis | 2,091]

2 hours ago, Gloves said:

It's cheaper, AND more environmentally friendly. How is this a bad thing?

How is plastic more environmentally friendly than any of the various other options?  I think I'm missing something...

[Gloves | 11,807]

1 minute ago, Dr. Morbis said:

How is plastic more environmentally friendly than any of the various other options?  I think I'm missing something...

 

• It's recyclable plastic
• Takes less materials to make
• Lighter
• More milk in less space
• etc.

[Dr. Morbis | 2,091]

Just now, Gloves said:

It's recyclable plastic.

Oh, I've never seen bagged milk in my life so this whole conversation is a wtf...

[Gloves | 11,807]

Just now, Dr. Morbis said:

Oh, I've never seen bagged milk in my life so this whole conversation is a wtf...

I hit submit prematurely; re-check my post, there are other reasons too.

[LeatherRebel5150 | 1,056]

6 hours ago, Gloves said:

 

• It's recyclable plastic
• Takes less materials to make
• Lighter
• More milk in less space
• etc.

I assume our old school cardboard cartons are more environmentally friendly. They're also recyclable and doesn't consist of the non bio-degrading plastic demon. I see your bag that will sit in the ground for a millennium and raise you a friendly disintegrating cardboard!

Also what does lighter have to do with the environment?

[Jeevan | 8,916]

6 hours ago, Gloves said:

I hit submit prematurely; re-check my post, there are other reasons too.

gloves is a preemie confirmed!

[Jeevan | 8,916]

I'm down either way honestly, but the one major problem I see with bagged milk is you can't say.....

Hey man nice jugs!

[Hammerfestus | 3,871]

34 minutes ago, LeatherRebel5150 said:

Also what does lighter have to do with the environment?

Lighter weight would mean it uses less fuel to ship.

[FireHazard51 | 2,047]

8 hours ago, Gloves said:

 

• It's recyclable plastic
• Takes less materials to make
• Lighter
• More milk in less space
• etc.

In the states the is a lot of plastic bags that are "recyclable" but there is no recycling plant that can handle them so in the end its fucks up the recycling plant that doesn't handle them.  Like....REALLY hampers it's productivity and that just makes recycling less cost friendly and overall hampers the recycling movement.

PBS Frontline did a good documentary on "recyclables" that just aren't recyclable like the public thinks.  AKA, plastic bags are rarely recyclable in America.  I REALLY hope they are where you live.

I've started the video where you only need to watch 3 minutes to get what I'm talking about.

[Tabonga | 2,325]

3 hours ago, Jeevan said:

Hey man nice jugs!

[BriGuy82 | 779]

Gross.

[Californication | 1,478]

I heard that in some of the asian countries the street vendors would sell their drinks in bags, but I have never heard of this in the west 

[captmorgandrinker | 1,649]

Have any of you had milk from a restaurant, or at a college cafeteria?   Good chance it was in a bag.

EDIT- It would have come from one of those big ass weighted handle machines that was shown on the first page.

[AstralSoul | 502]

I've only heard of bagged milk, must be a Canada thing. I've never seen it in person. Milk has always come in paper cartons when I was younger or plastic jugs as it's been for the last 20+ years.

 

[Tulpa | 3,526]

Those plastic jugs are actually the worst thing to keep milk in, relatively speaking, as the light let in can spoil milk faster than anything else. Bagged milk is usually transferred to an opaque container.

Also, you should be storing your milk as low as possible in the fridge. It'll keep a few days longer.

[SpoonMan Abrams X | 697]

So I am aware of bagged milk, however the only place I immediately recall it was a local store chain called "Quality Dairy" sold bagged milk up until a few years ago. Myself & @MashFan81 grew up with this, so it wasn't unknown, though uncommon. Real talk it is/was legit the best milk and other dairy stuff you could get, bar none.

On 12/29/2020 at 2:00 PM, Tabonga said:

I thought the official language of this place was English.............

"Canadian English"

7 hours ago, FireHazard51 said:

In the states the is a lot of plastic bags that are "recyclable" but there is no recycling plant that can handle them so in the end its fucks up the recycling plant that doesn't handle them.  Like....REALLY hampers it's productivity and that just makes recycling less cost friendly and overall hampers the recycling movement.

PBS Frontline did a good documentary on "recyclables" that just aren't recyclable like the public thinks.  AKA, plastic bags are rarely recyclable in America.  I REALLY hope they are where you live.

I've started the video where you only need to watch 3 minutes to get what I'm talking about.

This is more a failing on our part to actually accommodate these companies/organizations then it is the fact they can't do anything about it...or that we should use shit that is actually recyclable