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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Abbie Meehan

The reason Edinburgh supermarkets have switched the colour tops of milk carton lids

Edinburgh shoppers have been left feeling a bit confused, as they enter supermarkets to get their weekly milk - only to find their green, blue, red and yellow lids are beginning to disappear.

These coloured lids, which usually depict what type of milk it is, are beginning to be moved out of circulation in supermarkets across the UK. These changes have been coming into force over the last month in stores like Lidl, Aldi, Marks & Spencers, Sainsbury's and Co-op.

Asda and Tesco are currently still using coloured milk tops. But, the question on everybody's lips is, why are the coloured lids turning clear?

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