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How Online Shopping Will Change the Shape of Bottles
I want a washer that has a one-gallon tank for liquid detergent that I fill up once a quarter and never have to deal with those stupid little cups again. Imagine if your car worked like that: before each engine start you have to figure out how much gas you needed, measure it into a plastic cup, and pour it into a pull-out receiving tray on the right rear fender. Why do we put up with this?
You don't have Bag-In-Box in the USA?
We do, but only for wine... and apparently Tide detergent now ;)
A potential issue is that in many cases there's a chance that you place the cardboard box on a water puddle, and especially those pointy feet made from the same cardboard open cell structure will get soaked and will collapse due to weight and usage.
What about the issue of getting the last dregs out of the container? That spout is around an inch higher than the bottom of the container, which will result in people thinking that there's nothing left when there's still a few cups worth remaining. There's going to be a lot of detergent thrown out unnecessarily.
I suppose you'd tip the container a few degrees (similar to bottle containers when there's little left) or squeeze the last bits out as you'd do with toothpaste.