There have been companies, like LiquiGlide, and I think someone using micropatterning of plastic to control friction but I can’t remember who, that have developed ways to get almost all of even quite thick or sticky products out of there containers. Small, not cheap but not super expensive packaging change, big impact. They never got much traction, for various reasons. I would love to see conditions change to actually favor companies that minimize waste.
I think LiquiGlide at one point was focusing on large industrial containers, where the proportional impact is smaller, IIRC due in part to the difficulty of overcoming consumer psychology. Companies don’t want to cut their sales 20 or 60%, but consumers don’t want to pay 20 or 60% more for the “same amount” of product.
Personal anecdote: There’s a Cerave moisturizer creme I buy that sometimes comes in a pack of two equal weight jars, one with a screw top amd one with a pump top. The pump only lets you get about half out. I use the other one and then switch the tops.
There have been companies, like LiquiGlide, and I think someone using micropatterning of plastic to control friction but I can’t remember who, that have developed ways to get almost all of even quite thick or sticky products out of there containers. Small, not cheap but not super expensive packaging change, big impact. They never got much traction, for various reasons. I would love to see conditions change to actually favor companies that minimize waste.
I think LiquiGlide at one point was focusing on large industrial containers, where the proportional impact is smaller, IIRC due in part to the difficulty of overcoming consumer psychology. Companies don’t want to cut their sales 20 or 60%, but consumers don’t want to pay 20 or 60% more for the “same amount” of product.
(Suppressing urge to pun)
Seems like updating labeling requirements would work very well here then?
I would think so.
Personal anecdote: There’s a Cerave moisturizer creme I buy that sometimes comes in a pack of two equal weight jars, one with a screw top amd one with a pump top. The pump only lets you get about half out. I use the other one and then switch the tops.