How reusable milk kegs are eliminating single-use plastic from the dairy supply chain.
Every keg is tracked. Every cycle is counted. Every number is published. Proof, not claims.
Milk is the most purchased grocery item in Australia. Almost all of it comes in single-use plastic.
1 billion+
Single-use milk containers — Australia, per year
Australia’s dairy industry generates over a billion single-use milk containers annually. Most are made from virgin plastic. Most end up in landfill — even when they carry a recycling symbol.
10,000+
Single-use containers — one café, milk only, per year
A café serving 100 coffees a day uses roughly 30 litres of milk — that’s 30 single-use cartons, every single day. One product line. One venue. One year: more than 10,000 pieces of single-use plastic.
Reusable dairy packaging — the proof so far.
From the TUW network, updated live.
Three things — measured per keg, per dairy, per venue. All published live.
Counted every cycle.
Every completed keg cycle is logged. We calculate the single-use containers replaced and publish the running total — per dairy, per venue, network-wide.
Reported alongside CO₂ emitted.
From wash cycles to freight, every step is measured. CO₂ avoided is the production footprint of the plastic that was never made. Honest accounting, not greenwashing.
Every keg has a digital ID.
Fill date, venue, reuse cycles, wash history — per keg. Exportable for ESG, procurement, and sustainability reporting.
How does a reusable milk keg reduce plastic waste — step by step?
Five steps. One loop. No single-use packaging.
Dairy fills the keg.
Fresh milk into a HACCP-certified keg. Digital ID logged at point of fill.
Keg goes to the venue.
Through existing logistics. Scanned at every leg — full chain of custody.
Venue serves from it.
Milk on tap. Customers scan the QR — dairy, journey, plastic eliminated. Zero waste at the pour.
Empty keg comes back.
Collected, logged, returned to the dairy or wash partner. Every keg tracked.
Washed, back in rotation.
Industrial clean-in-place wash. Re-sanitised, re-sealed, filled again.
How much plastic does your venue’s milk supply produce?
Find out in 30 seconds — bottles avoided, plastic eliminated, CO₂e saved.