Cornish dairy trials UK’s first paper milk bottle

Staff at Eden were treated to a novel sight as they made tea in the staff room last month – an unusual looking milk bottle made half of paper and half of plastic.

It was all part of some special user testing by Trewithen Dairy, one of the firms Clear About Carbon is working with. Eden staff were willing guinea pigs for the company’s new GreenBottle, the UK’s first ever paper milk bottle.

Created by British inventor, Martin Myerscough, the bottle has two parts, a sturdy paper shell and a small inner plastic lining to keep the milk fresh. Once the milk is finished you can rip open the bottle, remove the film and recycle or compost the paper.

Trewithen says its GreenBottle, available in four Asda stores in Cornwall, contains just 30% of the plastic used to make a standard plastic milk bottle and has 50% lower carbon footprint.

Visit the Trewithen Dairy website to find out more.