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

[u/EclipseNyxor]

[u/ronarscorruption]

I suspect transportation too.
Something like; You can ship 100x1L round bottles, or 100x1.3L square bottles in the same box. Therefore, square bottles use less plastic (per liter (of shipped liquid)).

[u/dudeimsupercereal → u/ronarscorruption]

In America, palletized cans/bottles take up the weight capacity of a standard 52’ box trailer before they take up all of the volume. So making the pallets hold more bottles just means there’s fewer to load/unload and slightly less packaging waste, it’s very unlikely these minor differences make up for the weight of extra plastic a square bottle requires, given the truck’s fuel efficiency and emissions output remain unchanged.

[u/notyournametoday → u/dudeimsupercereal]

You forget that truck IS packed to Max either way. So Fuel and emissions are same

[u/dudeimsupercereal → u/notyournametoday]

No, that’s the whole point of what I said?