Our Reusable Containers

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At Cool Earth Creamery, we're taking a stand against unnecessary packaging and waste.

“Montanans generate nearly 66 percent more waste (7.26 pounds per day) than the national average (4.38 pounds)”.

— Missoulian, 2015

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Cool Earth Creamery's Glass Recycling Program

Rinse, Return, Repeat

At Cool Earth Creamery we spend as much time thinking about how to reduce waste and minimize our manufacturing footprint as we do on how to make great plant-based milks. Like our customers, Cool Earth Creamery is deeply concerned about the accumulation of plastics and other non-recyclables in the environment. And we want to do something about it by offering our products in 100% reusable glass containers. Aside from just looking and feeling cool, glass has an endless recycling life, it preserves the flavor of milk, and it reduces ingestion of packaging-derived chemicals. But we need your help and support to make our program work.

  • Step 1

    Purchase a quart of our delicious plant-based milk and pay an initial, fully refundable deposit.

  • Step 2

    Please be sure to rinse your bottles before you return them.

  • Step 3

    Buy another bottle or return the bottle for a full refund.

So about those plastic lids ... we get it.

Although our lids are recyclable, Cool Earth Creamery hoped to avoid the use of any type of plastic in our product. We tried long and hard to find metal caps for our bottles as well as the equipment needed to properly seal the bottles. Unfortunately, according to our bottle supplier, the use of metal caps is becoming obsolete. There are several reasons for this. The primary reason is due to food safety (ensuring a proper seal, maintaining a low oxygen environment to limit bacterial growth, and keeping the product tamper-resistant).

Though we have yet to find our ideal cap, Cool Earth Creamery is committed to finding packaging that is both sustainable and meets the highest food safety standards.