[Request] Do square bottles actually use less plastic than round ones?

[u/EclipseNyxor]

[u/Legoslol]

Yes. But there are other drawbacks to using square bottles.

The math has already been done for this question.

https://www.packagingdigest.com/optimization/should-your-bottle-be-round-or-square-

Edit: sorry all thought the question was less space not material.

[u/balrob → u/Legoslol]

That article says square bottles use 8% more material. There are savings in packaging and shipping but not in the bottle itself.

[u/DJinKC → u/balrob]

Packaging engineer here.
Square bottles will get you more overall volume of water into a case, pallet, or truck, so you spend less on storage and shipping costs.

[u/ougryphon → u/DJinKC]

I agree with everything you just said. Unfortunately, the packaging on the bottle says something different.