+Alvin Stearns
There's a plethora of reasons why there was a switch from glass to plastic.
* They both recycle (and as that has become more important, plastics have become more recycle-able, and we've started recycling more kinds of plastics usefully)
* Plastic weighs less to transport, incurring less fuel cost and transportation cost.
* YOU CAN DROP PLASTIC CONTAINERS WHEN FULL. Less waste of product.
* You can drop plastic containers when empty, and they don't shatter into miniscule slivers that embed themselves deeply in tissue, or large shards that can open arteries.
There's a plethora of reasons why there was a switch from glass to plastic.
* They both recycle (and as that has become more important, plastics have become more recycle-able, and we've started recycling more kinds of plastics usefully)
* Plastic weighs less to transport, incurring less fuel cost and transportation cost.
* YOU CAN DROP PLASTIC CONTAINERS WHEN FULL. Less waste of product.
* You can drop plastic containers when empty, and they don't shatter into miniscule slivers that embed themselves deeply in tissue, or large shards that can open arteries.
Know how to make a small fortune with this idea?
…start with a large fortune.
On a serious note, Economics drives Innovation from the Lab to the Consumer Market, and that's exactly what happened with the Glass Container Market.
Stuff tastes better in glass.