What's the reason some places use milk bags instead of milk jugs or other means?

They contain less plastic than a milk jug, causing less environmental harm than milk jugs. Milk bags are more ideal from an environmental standpoint than paper milk cartons or glass milk bottles.

1. Why milk bags are better than jugs?
2. Why do other countries have milk in bags?
3. Why did they change the milk jugs?
4. Why do Americans have milk in bags?

Why milk bags are better than jugs?

In both locations, per litre of milk, milk bags require less energy and water, and produce less greenhouse gases, than jugs or cartons. This is mainly because milk bags weigh only 20 to 30 per cent as much as the jugs or cartons for the same volume.

Why do other countries have milk in bags?

People in India, China, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Columbia, Uruguay, Argentina, Hungary, South Africa, and even in some parts of the U.S. drink milk in bags, which some argue is a more economical and environmentally friendly packaging style.

Why did they change the milk jugs?

So why this change in dairy design? "Because of the shape, traditional milk jugs can't be stacked, so they're shipped in milk crates. But they waste space on delivery trucks and millions of gallons of water are used to keep them clean." The new flat-top jugs can simply be stacked and shrink-wrapped.

Why do Americans have milk in bags?

Because the United States didn't convert to metric. Prior to the conversion, milk was sold in 1 quart cartons or bottles.