Comments on: Square Milk Cartons http://chriscrosby.net/blog/2008/09/25/square-milk-cartons/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Marcus http://chriscrosby.net/blog/2008/09/25/square-milk-cartons/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Dave Marcus Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:39:22 +0000 http://chriscrosby.net/blog/2008/09/25/square-milk-cartons/#comment-726 Ooops... I almost undated myself. In MY experience, the original milk packaging was glass bottles. They were square with rounded edges. They were not only designed for recycling, the delivery system was designed for it--our milkman picked up the empties each time he made a delivery. I wonder - stepping back in the evolution of milk delivery, what were older and other packagings for milk? Ooops… I almost undated myself. In MY experience, the original milk packaging was glass bottles. They were square with rounded edges. They were not only designed for recycling, the delivery system was designed for it–our milkman picked up the empties each time he made a delivery.

I wonder – stepping back in the evolution of milk delivery, what were older and other packagings for milk?

]]> By: Dave Marcus http://chriscrosby.net/blog/2008/09/25/square-milk-cartons/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Dave Marcus Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:28:59 +0000 http://chriscrosby.net/blog/2008/09/25/square-milk-cartons/#comment-725 Chris, I think I am missing something. Milk cartons are ALWAYS square. (When's the last time you saw a "carton" that wasn't square or rectangular?) Plastic milk jugs and plastic milk bottles are the non-square milk containers. To me, a striking elements here is that we left an efficient design when a new packaging medium became available. Either the cost of transport was much lower or no one realized the additional cost. We are now returning to original design. Dave Chris, I think I am missing something. Milk cartons are ALWAYS square. (When’s the last time you saw a “carton” that wasn’t square or rectangular?)

Plastic milk jugs and plastic milk bottles are the non-square milk containers. To me, a striking elements here is that we left an efficient design when a new packaging medium became available. Either the cost of transport was much lower or no one realized the additional cost.

We are now returning to original design.

Dave

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