Talk:Glass milk bottle

redirection

Why does Milk Jug redirect here? This page is about a consumer glass bottle collectors item, milk jugs are a piece of industrial equipment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.153.46.97 (talk) 13:22, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

collectors item

Only old ones presumably, since there must be millions in circulation?--JBellis 18:06, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Milk delivery is pretty rare here in America but modern Christmas decorated bottles are collectable. Rmhermen 23:43, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

At my local dairy, they have PLENTY of the half-gallon glass containers, but they have stopped offering cream in the pint bottles because they can no longer purchase them from anywhere. So, at least some sizes of milk bottles are now rare. --Mdwyer 23:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

rare in America? I have three local dairies to choose from, and I'm in a modest size city. WBardwin 04:03, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I live in a metro area of population 5.5 million and am only aware of two dairies which deliver in the entire area. Rmhermen 14:03, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

perhaps the difference is an intensely urban environment. I'm only 10 minutes or so from one of the actual dairy farms -- the suburbs are creeping closer but they are still operating. In an larger urban area, I would expect transportation costs to outweigh the other advantages to home delivery. WBardwin 21:15, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Thought we could use some statistics here: Only 0.4% of U.S. milk sales are home deliveries as of 2005.[1] And most (but not all) grocery store sales are in plastic (or more rarely paper) containers. So I think my "pretty rare" statement was valid. The statistics on the decline of home delivery in the U.S. could be worked into the article - but the numbers aren't refering to glass milk bottles only so they would have to be qualified statements. By contrast, 30% of UK milk sales are home delivery.[2]Rmhermen (talk) 04:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Trivia

There is a story around here that they used to only use a foil cap to cover the milk. However, neighborhood birds discovered that they could easily pierce the foil and drink the first inch of milk from the top of the bottle. In response, they added a cardboard circle. This cardboard circle became central to the kids game of Pogs. My dairy now uses plastic caps that are color-coded based on the product. --Mdwyer 23:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

It is certainly true that tits learn to peck through the foil tops (although I think they only like full cream or better). In the UK it became fairly commonplace to leave a small board outside which Milko would place across the top of the bottles. Rich Farmbrough 11:11 17 May 2006 (UTC).

Yes, in the UK, Blue Tits did somehow learn that they could peck through the foil top to get to the cream at the top of the bottle inside. It was often cited as an example of anumal learning. Since homogenised milk became the norm in the UK (1990s?), meaning that the cream no longer floated to the top, I believe that they no longer do it. --JBellis 10:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Isn't the decline just as likely to be a result of the decline of doorstep milk delivery in Britain? When I was little, in the late 1970s, the vast majority of people had milk delivered in glass (blue-tit friendly!) bottles. I believe the figure is now only about 20%. 86.132.137.65 05:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

All I can say is that I still continue to have my Milk delivered traditionaly by a milk float and a milkman. The bottle are still made of glass with a foil top. I think this is far more convienient than going to shop all the time. UNI^|SOUTH 06:07, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Cardboard tops predate foil caps by some 50 years. As far as I am aware cardboard tops were phased out in the fifties, although the transition may have been earlier in urban areas. Cardboard tops were collected by children and used in a game involving flicking the top so that it could cover another top. The game was called "pogs" in some areas. I was still in primary school when the cardboard tops were phased out the local dairy in Southern England, which gives a date of pre-1955.

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patent is for a milk bottle with a dome type tin cap, wrong date

G. H. LESTER. - Milk Jar and Can. - No. 199,837. - Patented Jan. 29, 1878.
GEORGE HENRY LESTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
IMPROVEMENT IN MILK JARS AND CANS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,837, dated January 29, 1878; application filed September 22, 1877.
http://www.pat2pdf.org/patents/pat199837.pdf

L. P. WHITEMAN. - Jar for Milk, &c. - No. 225,900 - Patented Mar. 23, 1880.
LOUIS P. WHITEMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
JAR FOR MILK, &c.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,900, dated March 23, 1880.
Application filed January 31, 1880.
http://www.pat2pdf.org/patents/pat225900.pdf
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wdew (talk • contribs) 11:58, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

A. V. WHITEMAN. - Jar - No. 305,554 - Patented Sept. 23, 1884.
ABRAM V. WHITEMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
JAR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,554, dated September 23, 1884.
Application filed June 18, 1884.
http://www.pat2pdf.org/patents/pat305554.pdf

11:50, 23 October 2009 (UTC)Wdew (talk)

Exchanging glass milk bottles in the U.S.

When did dairies (or creameries) stop exchanging empty glass milk bottles for full ones in the U.S.? I remember as a kid in the early 1970s in Portland, Oregon the routine was to take your empty ones to a central location that looked like a fast food stand. You'd drive up to the window, give them your empty bottles and then (I assume for a fee)they'd give you full ones. This was the very early 70's so I assume they were completely phased out by the mid to late 1970s in bigger cities. Some of the buildings are still standing but have been converted into liquor stores. Anybody know when this stopped? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.179.21 (talk) 23:09, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

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Glass milk bottle

This article is about glass milk bottles. There is another article about plastic milk containers (bottles or jugs]. For clarity, this article should be titled "glass milk bottle. Pkgx (talk) 13:24, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

• Yes, this article would be better named "glass milk bottle' or returnable milk bottle". There are many types of plastic milk bottles, mostly non-returnable; a separate article on plastic milk bottles should be started. I can start it in a week or so. What do other editors think? Pkgx (talk) 14:47, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
• There have been no comments since this proposal was posted in May. I have made the title change and added pictures. I will make further improvements. Pkgx (talk) 00:49, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Possible need for the candy

I hear around New Zealand that the candy named "milk bottles", candy shaped and designed to resemble milk bottles, has gotten a lot of controversy over its removal of milk from the candy. And I wonder whether the candy deserves to be a separate article. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 08:08, 16 July 2018 (UTC)