A tethered plastic milk carton cap in Germany. This type of attached cap was first required in 2024 in the European Union, to reduce plastic waste and make recycling easier. The text reads, "For ...

The little milk cartons go not only to schools, but to other institutions like nursing homes and correctional facilities. It has about 500 institutional customers buying these items.

The plastic caps on milk cartons have gotten 21% shorter, to save weight. ... The new caps haven't appeared in the U.S. yet but became required by European Union law in July, she said.

Italy's forestry police - which is responsible for agriculture - initially seized 2m litres of milk for infants on 9 November. The wider seizure was ordered after subsequent tests showed all Nestle ...

Milk does a body good — and that's why schools nationwide are scrambling for options to ensure students don't miss a precious drop during a paper carton shortage.

He had not received deliveries of milk cartons. He quickly used up all his stock. Cream-O-Land and many other dairy processors have run out of, or have a severe shortage of, half-pint (237ml) and ...

A nationwide shortage of half-pint milk cartons is hitting schools in several states, leaving them brainstorming other ways to serve the drink to their students. By Isabella Kwai Half-pint cartons ...

The disruption doesn't mean there's not enough milk to go around. But it does introduce distribution problems. Skip to content. NOWCAST WXII 12 News at 6 pm.