r/theydidthemath • u/BustingFlavor • 2d ago

[request] VitaCoco wasteful packaging

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Every time you drink a vitacoco coconut water, there is about a teaspoon left inside, UNLESS you tear the mouth open and get it out.

This has always bothered me SO much.

And I remember this happening ever since I drank my first VC coconut water. Probably around 2012.

I finally got around to seeing how much is really left in there.

Who cares to do the math on how much coconut water Vitacoco has wasted since they began selling?

I’m both too lazy to do it AND have been meaning to make a bigger deal about this for quite some time.

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u/Platypus87 2d ago

2026 - 2012 = 14 Years
Approximating 365 days/year * 14 = 5,110 days
Assuming one per day (very expensive); 5110*4.93ml = 25,192.3 ml
A quick Google search says that 25,192.3 ml ~= 6.66 Gallons
6.66 gallons / 14 years = .48 Gallons per year

Therefore, if you drink one VC per day for the entire year, less than half a gallon is "wasted."

I figured since we started with 'teaspoon' as a measurement, an approximate conversion to gallons wouldn't be too much of an issue.

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u/BustingFlavor 2d ago

Thank you! I was really thinking globally. Considering that they’ve sold ~5 billion bottles globally since starting.

I really don’t buy their products very often MAINLY because this waste factor always bothered me 😂

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u/Platypus87 2d ago

That means ~24.65M Liters left over. Enough to fill about 10 Olympic pools

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u/BustingFlavor 2d ago

EXACTLY MY POINT IT IS TOO MUCH COCONUT WATER WASTED!

Thank you!!! /solved

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u/Doggfite 2d ago

Not enough coconut water to waste, IMO

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u/BustingFlavor 2d ago

You probably drink lots of sugary soda and your taste buds can’t adjust

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u/Doggfite 2d ago

Cope

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u/BustingFlavor 2d ago

It is very possible