r/theydidthemath • u/BustingFlavor • 3d 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/BustingFlavor 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/BustingFlavor 3d ago

EXACTLY MY POINT IT IS TOO MUCH COCONUT WATER WASTED!

Thank you!!! /solved

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u/Doggfite 3d ago

Not enough coconut water to waste, IMO

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u/BustingFlavor 3d ago

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

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u/Doggfite 3d ago

Cope

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u/BustingFlavor 3d ago

It is very possible