Evil Organic Milk Containers

Why oh why does organic milk come in waxed cardboard, non-recyclable containers? What can we do with these containers? We absolutely love the taste and health of organic milk, but feel really bad about chunking the cartons.
Thank you for any ideas/input,
Jesse

i know more than a few people who cut the tops off and use them as pots. they last a few years before there not usable anymore.

We have a local producer that uses the glass milk jars so I have to pay a deposit on the first, then get the credit on the next when I return an empty to the retailer. Have you let your producer know your consumer preference about the packaging of their product? Do they even know they have consumers that would prefer a reusable vessel?

Waxed cardboard is the best fire starter known to wood stove users. It reduces or eliminates the need for kindling.

We used to use them for candle molds.

My old Scandanavian fishing partners would filet fish and put them in the cartons, then fill with water and set them in the freezer.
Never got freezer burn, since oxygen was eliminated from the start.

Most of the time I buy milk in glass because it lasts longer.  But if I get those wax tetrapacks, they are awesome plant pots.

Another vote for fire starter too.  

But alas, these are now returnable for refund and recycling here so they go in the recycling pile and to be honest, attract flies like crazy, even washed.  Don't seem to do this when they are burnt or got healthy soil in them.  Maybe there is a better solution for cleaning them?  

9 of them fit nicely into a milk crate.
Where I have them filled with dirt and tree seeds planted in them.
They are tall enough to allow for some root room.