Hasta La Ideas

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pI can extract the absolute last molecule of toothpaste from a spent tube. It’s a stupid life skill borne from poverty on my part and bad package design on the manufacturer’s part. But I wonder how many gallons of toothpaste, shampoo, liquid soap, etc. go into the garbage, a few drops at a time, because people can’t or won’t bother to extract the last bits./p

pWhen I used to work in restaurants, we used the ridiculous $100 Ketchup Collector contraption shown up top to get the last bit of ketchup out of their glass bottles. Even the plastic squeeze bottles have not made this product obsolete./p

pFinally I have come across a package design that would enable you to get at the absolute last drop of something!/p

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pIntended for peanut butter (but obviously good for a variety of products), design engineer Sherwood Forlee’s A HREF=”http://www.skforlee.com/independent_work/easy_pb.html” Easy PBJ Jar/A concept proposes dual lids, and I covet it intensely. I’m not familiar enough with glass manufacturing techniques to know how much more difficult this would be to make; any experts care to sound off in the comments?/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/why_does_package_design_so_rarely_allow_us_to_get_to_the_last_drop_17458.asp”(more…)/a
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