Asda has announced that it will replace coloured caps with clear caps on all its own label fresh milk, including skimmed, semi-skimmed, whole, organic, and filtered milk.
The change will mean that 268 tonnes of High-Density Polythene (rHDPE) can be recycled to make new milk bottles and is part of Asda’s plan to make more of its food packaging recyclable. As a result of this change 207 million plastic milk caps will now be recycled in this way each year.
The switch to natural-coloured caps means that they can be easily recycled back into food grade packaging. Unlike green, blue, and red coloured caps, the clear bottle caps, which contain 30% recycled material, can be recycled, and go back into food packaging.
