Glass Milk Bottle

I was at our local organic store on Friday and was absolutely wowed! Glass milk bottles, seriously? Yep! This company Straus Family Creamery sells there milk in glass re-usable bottles. Here's the scoop, you purchase the 1/2 gallon of milk and then pay a $1.50 deposit fee for the glass bottle. When you're done with the milk, simply return it to where ever you bought it and receive your $1.50 refund. The grocery store then ships the bottle back to the creamery to be sanitized and re-used.

Each bottle just has a logo on it, not "type" of milk like whole, nonfat, 2%, that can be found on the lid. Which means any jar can be used for any type of milk.

I so love this idea! I am at odds however with the amount of fuel it takes to get the milk bottle back. But at least it is something, most people don't recycle, but if they were forced to (in order to get that 1.50 back) wouldn't it be worth the cost in gas? I recycle everything I can, we don't have a pick up facility it is strictly drop off only. So most people around here are not bothered to recycle. But returning the milk bottles to the grocery store you purchased them at seems a reasonable opportunity for everyone to participate in reusing.

I made some cheese with this milk and some local raw milk. I have to let it age before I try it out, but it looks delicious!