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It's easier to sell one bigger package than several smaller. I would not be surprised, if the 505,000 ounces in 20oz packages cost less to produce in 1950 pric

It's easier to sell one bigger package than several smaller. I would not be surprised, if the 505,000 ounces in 20oz packages cost less to produce in 1950 prices, than 480,000 ounces in 6oz packages. (Just one physical package, not three separate).

peterfirefly 11y ago
Plastic bottles instead of glass bottles probably also help. You don't have to be nearly as careful when you handle plastic bottles. (I /think/ they are also cheaper to produce.)
- csn 11y ago
  And considerably lighter. Good for logistics.
ams6110 11y ago
It's a set of tradeoffs. The 6oz bottles were (I think) returnable. Even better than recycling, they only needed to be washed/sterilized to re-use. I'm old enough to remember Coke and other brands in returnable bottles up to 16oz. They were heavy. The transportation costs savings with the lighter plastic bottles (combined with maybe the raw materials savings, and savings not having to transport, handle, wash, and sterilize the emptys) made plastic more economical than returnable glass. Manufacturing cost for glass bottles almost certainly higher than plastic. You have to melt either sand or recycled crushed glass which takes a lot of energy. Some jurisdictions do have returnable plastic bottles. They are much heavier than the disposable ones but still lighter than glass. Interestingly for some reason beer in plastic bottles has never caught on, it's mostly sold in glass bottles and cans.
- cpwright 11y ago
  At Islanders hockey games, beer is sold in plastic bottles with the cap taken off.
  - tbomb 11y ago
    This has been a growing trend in many arenas and stadiums in Florida too. I've seen them in at least 5 different venues across the state now.
  - pimlottc 11y ago
    This is pretty standard for bottled water at music festivals as well.
- carussell 11y ago
  And then neither has canned water caught on, despite all the hand-wringing about waste from water bottles. http://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/06/banning-bottled-water-increases-sales-of-robot-sweat/#comment-162995 http://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/06/banning-bottled-water-increa...
  - LordKano 11y ago
    What I love about that study is that it's confirmation of what should be common sense. People purchase disposable bottles because of the convenience. This is just my opinion but I don't believe that the first step should be trying to regulate people into better behavior, you have to educate them.

peterfirefly 11y ago

Plastic bottles instead of glass bottles probably also help. You don't have to be nearly as careful when you handle plastic bottles. (I /think/ they are also cheaper to produce.)

csn 11y ago
And considerably lighter. Good for logistics.

ams6110 11y ago

It's a set of tradeoffs. The 6oz bottles were (I think) returnable. Even better than recycling, they only needed to be washed/sterilized to re-use. I'm old enough to remember Coke and other brands in returnable bottles up to 16oz. They were heavy. The transportation costs savings with the lighter plastic bottles (combined with maybe the raw materials savings, and savings not having to transport, handle, wash, and sterilize the emptys) made plastic more economical than returnable glass. Manufacturing cost for glass bottles almost certainly higher than plastic. You have to melt either sand or recycled crushed glass which takes a lot of energy. Some jurisdictions do have returnable plastic bottles. They are much heavier than the disposable ones but still lighter than glass. Interestingly for some reason beer in plastic bottles has never caught on, it's mostly sold in glass bottles and cans.

cpwright 11y ago
At Islanders hockey games, beer is sold in plastic bottles with the cap taken off.
- tbomb 11y ago
  This has been a growing trend in many arenas and stadiums in Florida too. I've seen them in at least 5 different venues across the state now.
- pimlottc 11y ago
  This is pretty standard for bottled water at music festivals as well.
carussell 11y ago
And then neither has canned water caught on, despite all the hand-wringing about waste from water bottles. http://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/06/banning-bottled-water-increases-sales-of-robot-sweat/#comment-162995 http://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/06/banning-bottled-water-increa...
- LordKano 11y ago
  What I love about that study is that it's confirmation of what should be common sense. People purchase disposable bottles because of the convenience. This is just my opinion but I don't believe that the first step should be trying to regulate people into better behavior, you have to educate them.