Tired of lugging water? Don't have a luggage cart?

[wavery]

Why do you need to sterilize the milk cartons?  I uses dishes every day that are not sterilized, washed and clean, but not sterilized.  When we use a milk jug to freeze water in, I wash the jug in soapy water and then rinse.  I also use plastic containers to store left over food in, I don't sterilize them either.  No one has got sick yet.

There is a chemical problem that is supposed to be connected to the type of plastic used in making the bottle and how the plastic bottles are handled by consumers. Plastics are petroleum products. The theory is: When bottled plastics are not handled properly, potentially carcinogenic compounds may leach out of the bottle plastic into the drinking water. Not sure that I buy all that but that's what I've read. Sounds a lot like someone trying to influence the marketing and refilling bottled water to me.

I know what you mean though, we did it for 100 years too, so who knows.

BTW, I should have said "Sanitized" not necessarily "sterilized" but it's not a bad idea after having milk in there.

[tlhdoc]

BTW, I should have said "Sanitized" not necessarily "sterilized" but it's not a bad idea after having milk in there.

Unless it is a baby bottle, I am not going to sterilize it.

[beacher]

There is a chemical problem that is supposed to be connected to the type of plastic used in making the bottle and how the plastic bottles are handled by consumers. Plastics are petroleum products. .....

The milky opaque plastic that is used to make milk containers is a plastic polymer material resin called polypropylene.  At room temperature or lower, the material is inert.  Polypropylene melts above 320 degrees, however, at temperatures above about 110 degrees the compounds in the plastic begin to leech into whatever is in the container.  Some people can taste or smell the byproduct.  Most people don't notice it.

[pipers family]

Waverly, great idea.  Freeze them and they have dual use as drinking water and ice chest coolant.  I hope I'm "up" to drinking all that wine- mind you, it's only in the interest of getting those free wine bladders and conserving on ice for the cooler- not that I really want to drink that nasty stuff.

[tlhdoc]

The wine bladders would take a long time to fill the holding tank on my PU though.:yikes: