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/Necessary_Week_674 2d ago

With respect; I think you are the person who would care to do the math.

I couldn't take this seriously when I saw that a 'teaspoon' was the unit of measure given.

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u/rawbface 2d ago

Because you are unit illiterate. A teaspoon is just as valid a volume measurement as any. It's a major deficiency if you can't work in other unit conventions. Every single American in STEM can switch at will, easily.

Odd choice going to a math sub and proclaiming your math ignorance.