Packaging ReThink

Packaging redesign increases energy efficiency, operational efficiency and asset utilization with some degradation in customer usability. Stores offer change management to customers in order to ease the transition. Expect more of these changes as the new reality of energy and fuel costs drives industry actions. ...

... "The company estimates this kind of shipping has cut labor by half and water use by 60 to 70 percent. More gallons fit on a truck and in Sam's Club coolers, and no empty crates need to be picked up, reducing trips to each Sam's Club store to two a week, from five - a big fuel savings. " ...

Via NYTimes: Green Milk Jug