The British supermarket Morrisons has decided to remove “use-by” dates on milk packaging by the end of the month in an effort to save millions of pints of milk from being needlessly thrown away each year. Instead, the supermarket is inviting their customers to use the … [Read more...] about This market is tossing “use-by” dates to help curb food waste
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Study: Regularly drinking milk can help stave off heart disease
While we at The Optimist Daily are frequent proponents of adopting a mostly plant-based diet, if you are going to indulge in animal products, you might want to make it a glass of milk as a recent study has found it has the potential to keep heart disease at bay. The study found … [Read more...] about Study: Regularly drinking milk can help stave off heart disease
Waste milk could be used to capture carbon emissions out of the air
The premise of carbon capture technologies is simple: remove the greenhouse gas from the air and store it somewhere safe or turn it into something useful. So far, though, developing such technologies at scale has proved rather tricky. One of the main challenges has been finding … [Read more...] about Waste milk could be used to capture carbon emissions out of the air
No more tossing away perfectly good milk: the ‘smart’ milk carton is on its way
Although many people throw milk away once it reaches its "best before" date, the fact is that the milk will still likely be good for several days after that date. In order to stop people from tossing perfectly good milk, scientists at Cornell University are designing a milk … [Read more...] about No more tossing away perfectly good milk: the ‘smart’ milk carton is on its way
Cow milk sales down more than $1 billion because of plant-based alternatives
As environmental concerns grow around the world, so does the trend of dairy alternatives, leading to a significant decrease in the sales of traditional cow milk. In 2018, the sales of dairy milk dropped about $1.1 billion, closing with net sales totaling $13.6 billion, compared … [Read more...] about Cow milk sales down more than $1 billion because of plant-based alternatives