Coles announces big change to home brand milk: Here’s what it means for you
Coles is making a major change to its own brand milk, abolishing plastic closures on two- and three-litre milk bottles.
The seal, which acted as a second lid and required removal by the consumer, was originally designed to reduce the risk of spills and leaks and keep unopened milk fresh.
The switch is being rolled out to hundreds of stores across Australia, with shoppers already seeing new signage announcing the change on store shelves.
It means that Coles milk bottles will become 100 percent recyclable.
Coles will phase out the plastic seal under the lid of its 2L and 3L milk bottles
Shoppers have been notified that Cole’s milk bottles will soon come without the plastic seal
‘Coles is always looking for ways to remove unnecessary plastic from circulation and whilst our seals were originally used to reduce the number of leaking bottles, the packaging design of both the bottle and lid has improved over time and are the seals are no longer needed,” a spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
‘This decision to no longer require stamps on Coles milk will remove more than 10,000kg of plastic from circulation when this packaging change is completed nationwide.’
Coles milk suppliers have adjusted their processing sites over the past year to accommodate the change.
“While some of our suppliers have begun this transition, not all processing sites have begun, and we will work with each state to implement this change as appropriate,” the spokeswoman added.
It’s one of several changes supermarket chains have made in recent years to reduce their carbon footprint, including phasing out single-use plastic bags.
Woolworths recently replaced the standard blue bottle cap on its milk bottles with clear caps to improve recycling.
Woolworths milk bottles do not have a plastic seal.
It’s the latest move Coles has announced to reduce their carbon footprint (stock image)