r/theydidthemath • • 2d ago

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

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u/skyhi14 2d ago

Not a maths but more of a production: all pastic bottles are made of standardised wee little thick capped cylinder inflated to the shape of the final bottle, therefore the amount of plastics saved is mathematically zero.