Milk in plastic

SIR – John Tilsiter (Letters, August 30) asks why milk has to come in plastic containers. My milk magically appears on the doorstep each morning in recyclable glass bottles, delivered in the dead of night from a silent electric milk float. I never see the person who does this, but I think locally he is known as “the milkman”. He also picks up and takes away my empty bottles.

I am sure he is on to something, and that this might catch on.

Scott Clapworthy

Shrewsbury

SIR – Why milk in plastic? The answer is found in the bottled water aisle. In plastic 6p per 100ml; in glass 12p.

Hugh Emerson

Wistaston, Cheshire

SIR – This month Isle of Man Creamery is introducing a plant-based carton produced using only fully sustainable and renewable sources.

Richard Hetherington

Ballakilpheric, Isle of Man