First Milk Jug with PCR Coming Soon
Claimed to be a first in the U.S., organic milk in HDPE gallon jugs with 30% PCR are due on market shelves by March.
Clover Sonoma, a third-generation family-owned and operated dairy in Petaluma, Calif., has announced what it says is the first HDPE gallon milk jug in the U.S. containing post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic. Starting with 30% PCR content in its organic gallon milk line, the company (cloversonoma.com) has committed to increasing the PCR content and extending PCR use to all its gallon milk jugs by 2025. The first of these PCR-containing milk jugs will be on shelves by March 2022.
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