Comments on: 40 Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs http://www.homeeverafter.com/uses-for-plastic-milk-jugs/ The Way Home is Supposed to Be Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:35:12 -0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Home Ever After http://www.homeeverafter.com/uses-for-plastic-milk-jugs/comment-page-/#comment-37 Home Ever After Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:43:53 +0000 http://homemakerbarbi.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/40-uses-for-plastic-milk-jugs/#comment-37 @Jana: Thanks for pointing out that important info. Those are definitely issues that I will have my staff research in the future. Danelle, Home Ever After @Jana: Thanks for pointing out that important info. Those are definitely issues that I will have my staff research in the future.

Danelle, Home Ever After

]]> By: Jana http://www.homeeverafter.com/uses-for-plastic-milk-jugs/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jana Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:08:27 +0000 http://homemakerbarbi.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/40-uses-for-plastic-milk-jugs/#comment-38 Please rethink using milk cartons for water storage and food storage. The plastic that milk cartons are made from breaks down pretty quickly. Water escapes because the plastic starts to 'breathe'. I would not stake my health or my childrens health on drinking that water. It is no longer clean enough to drink. Same for food. When storing food long term, your goal is to store it safely so the food does not break down and lose it's nutrional value. Again, as the plastic ages, it starts to breathe. The oxygen can break down food items pretty quickly. But if milk cartons are all you have, something is better than nothing. Many people that store food long term use 2 liter bottles and similiar plastic jugs. You need the stronger plastics that will hold up over time. The list is great. I got alot of ideas, thank you. Please rethink using milk cartons for water storage and food storage. The plastic that milk cartons are made from breaks down pretty quickly. Water escapes because the plastic starts to ‘breathe’. I would not stake my health or my childrens health on drinking that water. It is no longer clean enough to drink.

Same for food. When storing food long term, your goal is to store it safely so the food does not break down and lose it’s nutrional value. Again, as the plastic ages, it starts to breathe. The oxygen can break down food items pretty quickly. But if milk cartons are all you have, something is better than nothing.

Many people that store food long term use 2 liter bottles and similiar plastic jugs. You need the stronger plastics that will hold up over time.

The list is great. I got alot of ideas, thank you.

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