- The University of Sheffield has partnered with local dairy farm, Our Cow Molly, to supply is campus cafes with milk from stainless steel churns instead of single-use plastic bottles
- Each churn holds around 22 pints of milk and can be washed, refilled and reused by the dairy farm significantly reducing single-use plastic use on campus
- The project will remove 27,000 single-use plastic bottles per year in the initial trial and a further 60,000 once rolled out across all of the University's cafes
- The switch to churns will cut the carbon footprint of milk delivery to the University by over 65 per cent - equivalent to 6.5 tonnes of CO2 every year
The University of Sheffield is set to significantly reduce its plastic waste by 87,000 single-use bottles per year, by switching to milk churns from a local dairy farm to supply its cafes on campus.
Over 430,000 pints of milk are used in the University's cafes each year. Working with local dairy farm, Our Cow Molly, the University has invested in 70 stainless steel milk churns which can each hold 20 pints of milk.
The churns can be washed and refilled by Our Cow Molly, which is located just four miles from campus, helping to significantly reduce both the plastic waste and carbon emissions associated with producing new milk bottles.
The switch to churns will remove 27,000 single-use plastic bottles per year in an initial trial and a further 60,000 once rolled out across all of the University's cafes.The innovative project will also cut the carbon footprint of milk delivery to campus by over 65 per cent - equivalent to 6.5 tonnes of CO2 every year.
