Doorstep Milk Delivery
Glass Milk Bottles are making a comeback
Doorstep Milk Delivery
McQueen’s Dairies are delighted to report a increase in orders for a doorstep milk delivery. The traditional glass reusable milk bottle is making a comeback as concerns mount over plastic pollution. Demand for glass bottles has been driven up by David Attenborough’s latest Blue Planet series. This series raised awareness of plastic pollution and grabbed many people’s attention.
Blue Planet II has been hailed as one of the most influential TV shows of all time. All seven episodes of Sir David Attenborough’s underwater natural history series made the top-20 list of most-watched programmes. Viewers were horrified by the impact plastic is having on our oceans and the programme has been hailed for not just transforming public attitudes but also influencing government policy. Glass bottles make up about 20% of our deliveries at McQueens Dairies but currently 80% of our new customers opt for glass bottles instead of plastic and that is a trend that we expect to continue with our milk deliveries.
Reusable Milk Bottles
Unlike plastic milk cartons which are used once before being discarded glass milk bottles are re-used around 20 -25 times. We ask that customers give them a wash and leave them back on the doorstep for the milkman/woman to uplift. We wash them at our depot, put them through our machines and re-fill them. Although the vast majority of our milk still goes out in plastic containers, we’re constantly looking at ways to improve. We hope that over the next few years there will be biodegradable milk cartons available that we can eventually eradicate plastic altogether.
Bottled Doorstep Milk Delivery
In the mid-1970s 94% of UK milk was delivered in glass bottles but 5 years ago it had fell to 4%. Dairy Delivery sales in the UK currently account for around 3% of the total 5.5 billion litres of milk sold per year. This compares to 94% in 1974 when a million pints were delivered every day. Changing consumer habits and supermarkets selling milk cheaply in plastic bottles are responsible for the decline of doorstep deliveries.
