What type of plastic are the red tops to plastic milk jugs made from?
Plastic bottles * Blue top – whole/full fat milk; fat content around 3.25% * Green top – semi skimmed milk; fat content around 1.8% * Red top – skimmed milk;yellow fat content typically 0.1% and much less commonly, * Purple top (‘The One’ brand) or orange top (Sainsbury’s own brand) – fat content of 1% * Gold top – Channel Island milk; fat content around 5.5%. [edit] Glass bottles See also[1] * Silver foil – whole milk * Red striped foil – semi skimmed milk * Blue hatched foil on a silver background – skimmed milk * Green foil – raw (unpasteurized) milk, giving rise to the name “green-top milk”. Blue Peter often had annual charity campaigns where children would collect aluminium bottle-tops to raise money. [edit] United States * Red tops indicate whole milk. * Green tops indicate skim milk. * Blue tops indicate 2% milk. * Purple tops indicate 1% milk. * Brown tops indicate chocolate milk. * Yellow tops indicate buttermilk. * White tops indicate Unhomogenized milk. * Black tops indicate
