Parmalat Canada has retooled its factories to bottle milk in new, recyclable,1.5-litre bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). They keep milk fresher for a longer period of time.

CONSUMERS may have to haul more than just their sticky pop cans and rancid beer bottles back to the store for a return on their deposit. Pretty soon, milk containers could be added to the list of ...

MUNICIPAL debate over whether to support the inclusion of milk and milk substitute beverage containers in the provincial deposit-refund system continued at two council meetings last week.

Photo by Tyee staff. Two years ago when the B.C. government introduced a deposit on milk and similar containers it shifted a $22.9-million-a-year cost onto consumers.

Mary Anne White is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. If you are a typical Canadian milk consumer, you probably drink more than 60 litres of milk a year. It ...

We need to study effects of 3L milk It has been a very intriguing couple of weeks, listening to and reading about the debate on radio, in cartoons and on the pages of newspapers about the types ...