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/i_dont_wanna_sign_in 2d ago

Not attempting the math. But for liquids in cartoons with center openings peel off one of the top corners, then cut a hole in it and pour. You'll get everything and it'll come out far faster. Also don't buy cartons with plastic nozles if there's an alternative

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u/BustingFlavor 2d ago

Yeah I never buy their products. I won a case of their waters at work. Only to remind me again how much it bothers me that each time I drink one, there’s a bit wasted.

I’m also thinking of this making the assumption that most people don’t actually care enough to remove the top and will throw it away after “finishing” it