Your Letters
17:14 UK time, Tuesday, 26 June 2007
With regards to This is not a new idea; growing up in Aberdeenshire in the 1980s our milk was delivered in one pint plastic bags, the idea being that if they froze in the poor weather before you took them indoors they wouldn't burst.
Jen Mayne, York, UK
Re the "innovative alternative to packaging milk" using plastic bags, I remember a trial of this when I was growing up in the 70s (in Essex). Milk was delivered in plastic pouches with a re-usable jug that you could put the pouch in and pour from. I seem to recall that the trouble was that the plastic pouches didn't sit neatly in the fridge, so the project was doomed. Keith, Surrey
Regarding selling milk in plastic pouches, South Africa has been selling milk this way since 1993. I just thought they were cheap not ecologically minded.
T Berry, SLC, UT, USA
In the early 1980s I lived for a while on Guernsey where milk was sold in pouches. Every home had a plastic jug made especially to contain them. You would place the pouch in the jug and snip off the corner to pour. Easy!
MartinC, London UK
Re , am I the only person to wince when I see "comprises of" (Whitland-based Calon Wen comprises of 20 organic family farms across Wales producing milk and butter). "Whitland-based Calon Wen comprises 20 organic family farms..." or even "Whitland-based Calon Wen is comprised of 20 organic family farms..." - but, please, never "comprises of". I need to go and lie down.
Carol Langham, Milton Keynes, England
On the ´óÏó´«Ã½ News frontpage currently:- "Have your say - Is the weather causing chaos?" and "Watch - Floods chaos" That's that answered then.
James Gascoyne-Cecil, Stowmarket
I read with dismay the headline to a supposed medical breakthrough. The fact that is hardly going to help the healing process.
Nich Hill, Gosport UK
Disappointed to see major sites reporting Danah Boyd's essay on the as new information from a study and thus leaving it open to Liz from Poole's mockery. It was a thoughtful essay from an excellent researcher who wrote quite clearly at the top of the page that it was a preliminary, qualitative work.
Lucky, UK
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